Date Range: December 11th 2017 - January 23rd 2019
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Mon, Dec 11th 2017, 12:23 am
well
u also like art
nah i think its more about how u present urself
u have to give it a different angle
Mon, Dec 11th 2017, 5:44 pm
Ah shit I lost track of time
I planned to go to not all at least, did anything happen?
nah
we just did some organizing
u ok?
we were planning on coming over and checking on u
we just finished
*planned to go to botball, fuk u atucorrect
btw did u tell max and Ben and ethan?
Noperino
oh. cuz it sounds like they k
Sam Ernest and Bowen know now lol
oh ok so ya
The smart bois they probs figured it out
Nah I think I'm fine
I just grinder stuff out
I also emailed cmu asking if I could reapply solely under meche and they said yes technically so...
oh nice
You wanna have scheduled college sesses? Where we just edit our apps? I think a structured schedule will keep away the whole "no place is as good as the ri" away from me
is it ok if we come over or no
max and Ben are just worried
Btw I just reorganized my whole drive, just shared it with ya
Nah no need to come over
Plus folks are working rn lol
ugh max and Ben want to come anyways lol do u not want ppl in ur house?
Yeh not rn at least
I gots some more work to do tonight
Sorry mah bois
ah ok
ya sure for the structured app schedule
when do u wanna do them
What time u free my man?
Wanna do Sundays or something like dat
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Siris still not helping
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ya sure
Sunday's I have stuff between 12 and 5
but outside of that I can do it
I cam also do Wednesday night's or Tuesday nights
alright sounds good
just let me know what you need edited
be supah brutal with meh, if it sucks or cliche just tell me straight out, "You're going to get rejected like how CMU rejected you"
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roy
also are you planning on reapplying for CMU regular?
I'm going to call them tomorrow if I can reapply _just_ for MechE in Engineering, I'mma beg and cry
if they say no
I'll just gun it for the Mellon College of Science for Applied Physics and transfer, but at that point CMU will be at the bottom of my list of schools if that's the case
welp
but Dietrich! :D
I already emailed them today and they I could do that, but I'mma get vocal confirmation tomorrow
nice
nah, it's harder to transfer to Engi or CS if you're from Dietrich
I actually don't know if I want to get vocal confirmation, what if they pull back and say no lol
I also just finished tearing apart my CMU video for MIT
had to get rid of all the places where I mention the RI lol
maybe that's why CMU said no, maybe they don't like kids who are just in it for the RI
feelssad
does this mean I wasn't actually into CMU? I was just into her cousin, RI?
well RI is part of CMU
so its mroe like u only liked her bc of her boobs or something
woops that was so much worse
BRUH
now you made me sound like some insensitive jerk
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hey hey OORR the Ri could be her personality
u liked CMU bc of her personality
lol, nice backpedaling, thx man
I realize that I started pouring more cheese into some of these apps and some of them I pour more personal stuff into...
im so good at comforting ppl
but I'm losing any flow lmao
RIP story flow
lol that's fine, its probably better to write out what u want than restructure it
I actually like Weedtown's questions, I really wrote a lot for that one
though it's weedtown so it's probably all for nothing
lmao
welp
i should probably get started on that
let's be real here, a 3.9 GPA guy like me has no chance at places like MIT or Weedtown
I'm thinking about not even applying and saving the money now lol
nah u should go for it
ok maybe not weedtown if u don't feel it but MIT
you actually want me to apply to MIT?
haha, that's good to know that you're not all about "oh no he's going to ruin my chances"
to tell you the truth I actually wanted to go into collegio apps helping ppl who are applying to the same place I was since it would be cool if we both got in
but then ppl started freaking out if they found out ppl were applying to the same places lol
lol
ya......
i mean theres so mch emotions invested into the college app i can kinda understand why some ppl might be mad
hey, how about we make a quick baking blog and youtube channel?
aw shit, I'm still memeing too hard
goddamnit
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The more stressed/freaked out the harder I meme, I'll reach the breaking point when I make a meme a hate symbol
lol tat would be the ultimate
final boss meme
truuu
I realized now today that I actually just wanna go to a place where I can make robos lol
how did u just realize that today
I just had it stuck in my mind that CMU had the most resources and was the only place that allowed that
but I suppose if the place has a prof doing stuff I'm interested in I can hop onto that
the only places that come to mind then are: GTech UMich WPI Cornell (kinda) Weedtown MIT
Stacy too, since Aaron Ames
how funny would that be if I went to Stacy
and just hanged out with Aaron Ames
but then I see videos like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjnr2gKSu6s
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What began as personal project to build a robot has grown into a potential product for Stanford student Jeff Kessler. The graduate student in mechanical engi...
And I question my whole life
iz diz wut a tru roboticist lookz rike?
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this is what happens when roboticists try to force out applications
feelssad man
oh i found a new song thats pretty catchy
yeh?
The Black Keys, never heard of them before today but they're pretty good
ok the song is called "Lonely Boy" BUT I SWEAR not that edgy, its pretty upbeat actually
and the music video is just ablack man dancing for 3 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_426RiwST8
is it going to have crazy ass lyrics like that last song you showed me lol?
But I came to love you anyway So you tore my heart out And I don't mind bleeding Any old time to keep me waiting Waiting, waiting Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting I'm a lonely boy I'm a lonely boy Oh, oh-oh I got a love that keeps me waiting
psh not THT crazy
damn, you're really into rock huh?
I still can't over the nagging feeling in my mind that I should give up since my GPA isn't high enough...
nahh man
remember that its just a threshold
also there were a bunch of 3.9s who got into MIT
even a 3.51
that 3.51 was a rich athlete and we know it
jk jk, but I'll bet you that robot skull from Weedtown that it was
ya :'(
before Polcari i thought MIT didn't care abotus ports
Division III school >cares about sports
lol
ya
also apparently MIT has the highest proportino of students in varsity sports
according to Tully
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Maybe this isn't healthy but I was thinking about reapplying MechE even if they say no
is this what it likes to be wild? To break the rules
or at least plan to?
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lol
i mean u could and its not like they would be able to tell
I know this will sound really arrogant and I can't believe that I'm still hung up on this, but what part of my app did they just think "nope" to...
ah, well this won't do my any good, at least MIT says on their maker portfolio that experts will review your shit
gotta hope that MIT Cheetah guy wrecks my shit instead of Noam Chomsky
anyway, did you finish the physics lab yet? lol
Hey, do you mind being brutally honest with me and just tell me straight flat out what's the weakest point of me is? lol
I just need some sort of answre
ya sure
I NEED THIS SHIT MAN, THEN I'LL BE OFF THE HOOK I SWEAR, JUST ONE MORE HIT
my honest opinion: I've already told u this but i think you are too cookie cutter asian STEM nerd. Although you showing that you like to work on robots on ur own time shows a lot of passion, it also shows that u like to spend ur free time in ur room building robots. Colleges are looking for ppl who will enhance their campus in someway and make the experience fro everyone else better as well. Although having the drive to do robots on ur own is really good for future employment and success, its not exactly what colleges are looking for on their campus. probably after reading hundreds of applicatns from asian nerds, your application might just blend in with them and they won't pay as much attention to it
i think probably its not bc of something on ur application, but bc it lacks somethin. A more community aspect that shows u will enhance the experience of ppl around u at college
i would try to show that more in the essays
thx man, it's good to hear from a close friend
I GUESS IT'S TIME TO ACCENTUATE THE EMO ARTSY ROY
and use more buzzwords lmao, goddamnit
np. i just tried to tell u as straight up as possible lol, i don;t mean to be brutal
nah, it's perfect
but also ya i think u would be amuch stronger applicant if u do this personal robot stuff but also u have a more human aspect as well
ur HUmanity needs to reach at least 80% and ur have 20 in Empathy
but my human side is weak, I can't show my vulnerabilities
LMAO
dang, you beat me to it
lol
lmaooo
Yeh, I had a similar suspicion so I started to inject some of my more artsy ambitions into my apps
should've talked more about the moving charging sculpture
ah well, at least it's only ED, I technically have a second chance
ya. thats the spirit
i've also noticed from a lot of college tours that most colleges treat freshman like a blank slate. most ppl have to take intro to CS and engineering classes that they are way overqualified for. they're expectation is that you learn all ur skills STARTING in college
so thats also why i think colleges care less about prior experience in these fields, and more about character traits
the mindset is that you can always teach ppl to be good at skills, but u can't teach a person to have a good personality
damnit, so don't say buzzwords like I KNOW THE INDUSTRY STANDARD ROBOTICS OPERATING SYSTEM THAT ARE USED BY PROFESSIONALS AND SOME OF THE MOST ADVANCED ROBOTS IN THE WORLD ?
I would argue though (not out of salt) that you can't "teach" ppl passion either, that's more of self-discovery
lol i would rephrase it to be like "I challenged myself to learn the blaj blah blah" or "Driven by my curiosity, I taught myself blah blah blah"
"I know" is very bland and technical sounding. but u can use ur prior experience to accentuate character traits
basicaly tie all ur experiences to specific character traits
you fucking genius
so its not about the knoeldge but why u decided to gain that knowledge
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lol and you thought you were too technical in your writing
https://coubsecure-s.akamaihd.net/get/b74/p/coub/simple/cw_timeline_pic/13da6d88968/024a4c142f08af19eb08b/med_1472096992_image.jpg
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jeezus lmao
well i still kinda suck at creative writing
you must have some experience though right? Didn't you also want to publish a book?
well ya
but that was in elementary school lol
ya i liked creative writing as a kid but i was never very good
ahhh
Did you finish the physics lab btw?
ya
ball toss?
yup yup
ya
I'm just about to start it lol
alright I'm going to _actually_ put all robo stuff on hold now and only do college apps
won't use my linux side anymore
lol ok
lemme k if u need anything for the lab
alright, thanks man, let me know if you need anything
are we going to grind out collegio essays tomorrow night?
lol it depends on my harvard decision results
probably on Wednesday night tho
ooh, that comes out tomorrow?
yup
alright, I'll buy you some cold ones
lol nah its ok
im not gonna be super emotional either way i feel
i'm not really stressing about it rn tho i feel like i should be
those lines sound very similar to what I said not too long ago
lol
ya
:')
also that feel when you're "too cookie cutter asian" but the clearest fix would be to be black or hispanic
am I forgettable because of my race? feelsbad
ya ikr
i wonder how they would actually check
if u put a random race on ur app
our names kind of give it away though lol
if only I was a "Lee"
lol tru
well maybe if u said ur native american
"Xing" is a traditional Choctaw surname
jk i just made that up
and if they call you out then you can play the "you're questioning my race?" card
"this is.. this is SEXUAL HARASSMENT!"
"I"M NOT EXOTIC"
that followup feel when you're not too bothered by it anymore because it's a societal norm
ya........
it kinda sucks and isn't fair
although there are a few scientific studies and arguments that I think are valid, in favor of affirmative action
like wut
I feel like it should be based more on financial history rather than race though
same
a kid from the projects should get a boost compared to a kid from exeter
i think affirmative acion based on income make sense
maybe when we have influence we can advocate for that
but rn we can't make a dent lol
https://www.xavier.edu/mfi/documents/Steele_Claude_M.Stere.Thrt.inAfrican.Am.Tst.Perfm.1995.pdf
holy shiz, 1995?
this was an interesting study (i didnt read the whole thing, just a summary)
what's the sum all 'bout?
but basically theres a whole thing about "stereotype threat" which basically means ppl will perform according to common societal stereotypes
so in the experiment, there were two groups of white and black people (so 4 groups each). 1 black and white gorup was given a test and told that the test was meant to measure intelligence and academic ability The other black and white group was given the same test but told that the results have no indication on intelligence.
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thats the results
lol that chart looks hand drawn, that's kind of funny
the idea is if black ppl are told that they are bein tested for intelligence, they subconciously regress to a societal steroetype and perform worse
whereas if they are told its not a measure of intelligence, black and white ppl perform the same
has this been replicated though?
applied to affirmative action, basically since college is widely held as a measure of intelligence or of achievement, the idea is that black ppl who perform less have actually higher potential than they appear while white and asians would be performing at their peak performance, or even higher bc they are stereotypically smarter
after reading a lot of papers on robo claims I've learned to be doubting with results lol
ya, stereotype threat is a pretty accepted thing
hmmm, not sure how to deal with this new info yet
they actually did a study on women too which was pretty interesting. They did american women and russian women. They were told that the test examined logical thinking abilities. The got similar results with the black ppl swapped in with women in the us, but in Russia, women perforemd the same as men in both tests. the reason is bc in Russia there is no stereotype that women are suppose to be more emotional and dumber etc. (bc communism lol), in fact Russia has a lot of female scientists
so that proves the results are due to cultural stereotypes
so you're telling me that the liberals are right?
communism will actually solve all our problems?
lol
at least the gender gap
not so much about the whole not having ur economy collapse tho
let's hope that autonomy solves that problem ;)
oh, here's an article from IEEE that I think you will find interesting
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/why-alphago-is-not-ai
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Google DeepMind's artificial intelligence AlphaGo is a big advance but it will not get us to strong AI
the title kind of gives away the article lol
alright, I think I'm going to conk out now
spent the whole day starin' at google docs
jeezus
lol that's probably a good idea
I wanted to continue to edit
but I bet my mind is more muddled than I think rn
Tue, Dec 12th 2017, 8:32 am
yo roy do u have a study next
are you in school today?
Ye
Working out rn
Y u ask?
Tue, Dec 12th 2017, 2:23 pm
how to di
?
die
uh
not gonna lie I spent a lot of time just reading on reddit or college confidential about other ppl getting in or being denies
*denied
and then I emailed Brian and he was like sorry to hear that man, ED is more selective than RD
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bruhhhhhhhhhhh
bruhh
wait but isn't the acceptance hogher
well o guess everyone's just competitive
they don't release stats on early
alright time to call them
What's the quickest way to di
lol, so messenger does have a queue
goddamnit, they said nah on the phone, have to do different department
bruh
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fuck
what's wrong?
that sucks
oh
oh no I just read ur msg
I thought you meant something else lol
r u busy rn?
it's all right, it's not the institute that makes the roboticists, it's the person
grinding out HW that piled up, but besides that not doing a whole lot today besides apps
I took out the batteries to my robos so I can't turn them on anymore
and tangled up the chargers so I will have to unwrap them if I wanna use it wired
can i come over?
lol sure I suppose
I'm at the school and just finished circuit lab
Vara just stopped by too lmao
but he just left
yeh, come by if you want
I got Fruit 'n Yogurt Stawberry Snakcs
when you comin'?
I'll be walking in like 5 min
kk
yo I'm at ur house
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
Tue, Dec 12th 2017, 7:21 pm
y u call meh
oh wait that was 5
I can't read
GOT IN
:OOOOO
HOLY
CONGRATS!!!!
THANKS
my parents are calling al the relatives
This better not be an elaborate meme
like ALLL THE RELATIVES
lmao
alright, heard from Max, it's not an elaborate meme lol
CONGRATS MAN, THIS CALLS FOR EXTRA COLD ONES
YEEEAAAAAAAA
WOOOHOOOOOOOO
Good night this night huh?
;)
(not to ruin the mood but Vara be askin' wut ur status to me, should I say something or... lol)
did he get in?
do u k
I know
and he's not happy rn
oh fuck
wait so deferral?
idk
some other ppl got that
Vara just told me he's not happy
He asked me if he knew if anyone got in and I said technically yes
he said to fuck them, so uhhh
be careful man
ON THE OTHER HAND DOE
HOW WE GONNA CELEBRATE TOMORROW BOIIII
oh
:/
he figured it out by asking other ppl lol
MASSIVE COLD ONES
now he says he's triggered at me for not telling him
bruh
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WE'RE GOING TO BUY ALL THE HI-MAGS
....
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and he muted me
welp
i didn't message him or anything before
alright, apparently he's calling you arrogant rn, not trying to stir drama, just wanting to tell you info that you would probably want to know/keep in mind
for what?
lol
idk lol
nah he calls me a lot of things
so its ok
hmm, enough of this negative petty shit though, can't let a hot one RUIN ALL THE COLD ONES
Foxy Roxy called you.
Tue, Dec 12th 2017, 10:21 pm
You up my man?
ye
I'm still out with the fam
holy crap, that's quite late!
I just wanted to say that all this celebration actually helped pull me up from my funk haha
not 100% sure why, perhaps it's really just is as simple as the sheer joy celebrating my friend's success and happiness
<3
love u roy
I'm glad to hear it
love ya Justin
<3
alright this is getting sappy, let me fix this
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that's better
what were you going to say?
and ur gonna kick ass with these new college essays
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there less sappy
"you're gonna kickass on these new college essays" >>Your dream of legged locomotion indicates that you're a retard
you always know how to cheer ppl up
<3
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lol
so are you just gonna do Weedtown and MIT now?
ya
which means o have more time to help read over ur essays lol
awww
thanks man
same to you, kinda, not really lol
you still up for an editing sess tomorrow? I'll buy us some cold ones
a _lot_ of cold ones
hmm idk how long my interview will last
but ya sure
do u mean in person?
Oh ur choice lol either is fine I think
When is ur interview? Mines at 430
same
wait really
is yours also in Starbucks
bruh if we end up having it at the same time in the same place
I'll raise my voice and be like
"BUT NONE OF OUR ROBOTICS TEAM SUCCESS WOULD'VE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT JUSTIN YU"
lmaooo
nah it's in arlington
oh wow, that's quite the drive
is there a train to arlington?
there's a bus
but my mom will be working from home that day so I'll get a ride
Ahh
Ic ic
Welp I need to get back to revising essays
Congrats once again man!!! You deserve it
Gnight
thanks!
g'night
cya tomorrow
Cya
Wed, Dec 13th 2017, 9:08 am
how does it feel to be an Ivy boi now?
lol
the same
yo what lunch do u have?
I got second
so I can't really go outside today
welp
Did you hear?
OUR BOY BOWEN ALSO GOT IN
oh man, good news all around
he really deserves it
ya
so did nico barlos
wowow, Harvard sure loves Winchester
apparently Maddy Cordeiro didn't get in?
lol Brandon / the junior are currently probing everyone
I don't know who that is
and they should probably stop that
ya
i told them
nioce nioce
you know
I'm starting to realize more and more
I never liked CMU for itself
I liked CMU for the ppl who came from there
who then made amazing stuff outside of CMU
it doesn't matter where I make my creations
it matters what I make
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tl;dr I only liked her for her bewbs
according to my mom, CMU is very good at producing ppl who go into academia. especially cuz they have very strong theoretical foundations, but not as much industry applications
so that's why alot of professors are from CMU, probably more than MIT.
and CMU professors set up labs
and stuff
to be fair I also only looked at the legged locomotion field lol
of which CMU only produced 1
Jonathan Hurst
Marc Raibert doesn't count lol
lol
nice man
Aaron Ames is from UT Austin
and then Buzz
Jonathan Hurst is 100% CMU, but it was UMich that funded him
Marc Raibert was Northeastern to MIT to set up a lab at CMU that he then took to MIT lol
MIT Cheetah man is from Weedtown
and Russ Tedrake was UMich to MIT
those are the places to aim for
alright, gotta write up apps while I'm still in this good mood
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what'chu doin' my man?
doing the written part of the webassign
lmaoo
ic ic, I already turned mine in, but it should be pretty straight forward
nice
let me know if you need anything
ok thanks
wait for the free body diagram did u just have Fg and F-normal
or did u break up Fg into components
this is the ramp one
I also put Ff = 0
Carlson says that in the real world they prefer it not be broken into components
so just keep it as the whole main forces
ok
Wed, Dec 13th 2017, 2:20 pm
Where u at
just left the school
I'm going home to get changed for my interciew
Oh man
I dun have fancy clothes lol
Time to just wear tapout
my guy is old so
I'm gonna go more conservative
class of '59 lol
Lydia is apparently 30s yrs old lol
Oh dayumn
That's a long time ago
You can ask him about the lsd
lol truuu
You can also ask about his first gf
Jk jk
You got this!!
Imma nap now
thanks!
What can I buy with 4 bucks at Starbucks
lol
a straw
You coming back for towers?
Bbbbbbyyyy
We can talk and meme
I have a whole lot of new memes to say now
lol I was planning on it
but I have to give my interviewer a ride home
I just finished the interview
LOL
Same
When do u think you'll be here?
I don't think I can come
well lemme see after we drop the guy off
Awww alright
But mah new memes
lol
hey if u come to the sci Oly meet ;
LOL
Do you guys have enough rides? I could hang out there
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no we're actually short
But howwww
Which events
Oh wAit rides
Ic ic
Wow that was quite the interview
Just finished off another cold one
ey
how'd it go
Went well I think it was like my last one
She and I talked a lot even after the interview ended
Laughed made jokes
Told me I'm a good fit
PTSD to cmu interview
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nice
dude my guy was so old and he talked really slowly and couldn't really understand what i was saying sometimes
he didn't really ask me anythng
Really???
except "what do u want to talk about'
lol
Lol
Dun worry you'll shine through ur app
hopefully
I think jenn is also mad at me now lol
? y
I talked with vara and I told him that some stuff he said might've offended ppl like jenn and now she told me he's ranting with her
Vara is still annoyed and stuff regarding you know what but I think otherwise he's fine
Can I call you ivy boi now or something
Like how they call Kendall that in the giver chat
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Jk jk
lol
i don't think that will help the situation
did u see what he texted me
after what i sent u
Wut
oh
lol
ugh ya so he unblocked me about an hr after the first message, sent a rage bubble, then blocked me again
Lol alrighty then
just a warning
u gotta brace urself
Just like know fam, for ppl like u who get the bare minimum done and dont really try / put any real effort, sure u might get the results u want today (and i fucking hate u for it), but when I kick ur ass l8er, its gonna be sooooooooooo much sweeter. Like fam, ngl, you have absolutely no clue about real hardship and sacrifice so I hope you enjoy today, because ur accomplishment is one worth celebrating -- ik, i wanted it bad -- but wipe that smug arrogance and pretentiousness off ur DOUCHE face becuase as much as u think ur the person that likes deep convos and "intellectuality" like in the end, like no, ur just the most shallow person on the inside and I hope that you really do end up going to Harvard, because otherwise ur just being such a waste.
Wait I didn't mean to do that
Touchscreen jeezus
That's pretty horrible to say to someone
yup...
You sacrificed a lot
Like your love life
OHHH SHIT
like ok i kinda understand the first message, hes mad and stuff sure. but this def crossed a bunch of lines
sorry lol just saw a good opportunity and wanted to cheer up the atmosphere
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Yeh being real now though
That's just not ok to say
We also have plenty of intellectual conversations!!!
i mean we are competitive sometimes but in the end I thought we would be friends first and foremost
so i was caught off guard when he came up to me and told me he would not talk to me for weeks if i got into harvard
(in person)
and then this
Well he was true to his word
the most unsettling part is "sure u might get the results u want today (and i fucking hate u for it), but when I kick ur ass l8er, its gonna be sooooooooooo much sweeter."
for me
thats just so fucking toxic
You better lawyer up asshole, because I'm not coming back for 30%, I'm coming back for EVERYTHING.
lmao
Did that help cheer you up?
We're almost at 40k messages btw just 3 more
LEGGED ROBOTICS
IS
NOT VIABLE
:'(
tadaa
U got meh
U got meh gud
Btw in the future no matter where we are, if you need a hardware guy just call me up
I gotchu
lol thanks roy, i'm glad you can always come fix my hardware
<3
both Ashley and Sarah told me i should just stop being friends with vara
bc its unhealthy
It does seem like a toxic relationship
Not gonna lie
i don't mean to pin blame, like i'm aware i'm also super flawed and do contribute to the toxicity, but i feel like its mainly Vara's inability to control his emotions, or put friendship first over competition
Since when are you toxic lol
U fine man
hes sent me so many rage bubbles over the past year
thanks <3
I believe he also has a different view on friendship right!
About how arguments are good?
I mean I don't think I order to be good friends you can't argue at all but you should never get mad at the friend themselves
Disagreements are fine but don't hate the person for it
U can also see how good a friendship by looking at the amount of memeage lol
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ya. his argument was "the universe is against me. i've had conflicts with ppl my entire life so I might as well just cause the conflicts myself
which is uhh
kinda a bad argument
Ngl sounds like what David would say lol
i'm sorry i was just trying to undermine varas chances in getting into harvrd
XD
LMAOO
The memes come full circle
Yeh, ultimately it is your choice on whether you want to keep the relationship
But just make sure you're thinking about what that means for you
there have already been multiple points where i've thought about that
It might seem "correct" to try to stay friends but trust me when I saw sometimes some bridges are just too far hazardous to repair
Bella amirite lamoo
but its always been that it will definitely hurt all the clubs we do, which will negatively impact other ppl besides us two
Oh man
You're such a good person dude
One of the best I've ever met
Yeh ur right in that regard
But you guys can still stay acquaintances instead of full on friends
<3 thanks roy
ya
ideally i just want a working relationship
Is that girls feel like when they reject us
llol
LOL
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Lol sorry just got a bit too real for meh
ya i feel ya. that's kinda where Jen and I are heading
Sometimes whatever happens simply happens
You just gotta make sure what you want to happen, happen
true
You've been handling it alright man?
ya
its fine, i think i can accept it
i am actually a bit worried about how clubs will turn out lol
its ok
this just means i will be spending more time out with the BOIIIIS
Da boissssss
Wikipedia took down my history :(
The next step is to re add it and put in sources to make it legit
ya max told me lol
how has ur account not been banned lol
I never had an account lol
I just clicked edit and save
Just let me know if ya need anything
I'm going to start filming and stuff for these portfolios lmao
lol
ok
Has vara talked to you again?
Or is he going to stick with his word?
Actually no need to answer that it's too negative
Idk when I talked with him he was just really obsessed over how you always achieve things
And then I'm like wut about butterbot 🐱we died
Jk jk
Just to lighten the mood
And this is not tied to our previous convo
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I freaking love the neck swing
A tru master of the art of sass
LOL
u found a gof
*gif
Took some googling
Worth it
lol nice
and ya addressing ur talk with vara, I think he has this idea that I don't work hard and everything just comes to me
which is complete bogus lol
rip butterbot :'(
Envy is an ugly creature
Don't let it get to you. We know and you know what you do
Wait are there enough rides for sci oly now?
yup
oh u might even be able to come if u want
Lmao perhaps
Which car would I be in
I could be there for last minute tower repairs lol
lool ok
u can decide tomorrow
Alrighty
How does Ashley know about the cold ones lol
Did it also spread in ur household too?
no
I told her about it
Is she one the bois now lol
Did she see the Wikipedia page lmaoo
no
aw i shoulda shown it to her
One day it'll be legit
Oh wait b block in the morn?
Ready to get some cold ones?
It's on me
yea boi
Dun mean to bother you but vara just showed me a text u sent and I'm here to meme to make the mood not as bad
Am I the dude you talk deep into the night into about future tech and life plans?
<3
Robo philosophy
Not gonna lie, even though the context of how I came to see that text was not the coolest
The content was too sweet
You missed a video chat with Foxy Roxy.
Idk how to use this smartphone still
In response to that sappiness I gotta say I usually don't get really close with ppl in general but I feel like our friendship is one that I treasure as one of the most important to me
Alright that's enough sappiness imma take a huge dump
I also drank more cold ones so my stomach doesn't feel all that great anymore lol
<3
ya lol I was talking mainly about u and more generally the ppl I've been getting more close with these days
<3
Robodicks
uh
lol vara just messaged me "we need to talk"
If you want context he heard about all the rumors going around today about him being mad at you
Aw man I wish there was a way to just turn off "drama"
But every time I say sudo drama shutdown -h now
Or say ctrl-c nothing happens
Real life voice commands suck
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Goddamnit Siri
🐱
Perhaps if I just shut down this phone it will all go away
img
that's footage from a live audience demo of Asimo in the 2000's...
oh god why
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfNRXTS55nY
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As the Euro 2012 and this year's RoboCup unfold, we imagine what soccer played by robots might be like if one of the world's most excitable announcing pairs,...
Watch this with the commentary
it's freaking amazing
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Pounded another round
I like how they advertise "real sugar"
bold move with all the health crazes going on now
wanna get a six pack tomorrow?
they're on sale apparently
Thu, Dec 14th 2017, 8:04 am
yea boi
let's do it
Are u at the school rn? I just woke up lol
nope lol
I feel
Alright I got 4 bucks
Lol, a small green tea latte at Starbucks was a while 3.70
$$$$&&&&
damn really
Yeh man dat shiz' hella cash
Alright I'll be at the school in 5ish minutes
nice
Nvm I'm walking straight to stop n shop lol
oh ok
7819603202
U at the school?
I'll be at stop n shops area
Do we have enough time lol
I'm in front of the school now
ok coming
yoooooi
im getting an upgraded laptop
:0
16 gigs ram???
Yeee
and touch screen
Ew
and better display
Touch screen
🐱
One day I'm just going to have a computer that runs on Emacs
🐱
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/xps-13-9360-laptop/dncwtr753h
Wait idk how compatible 16.043 LTS Unity system is with touchscreen lol
also has better display
When u getting this bby
idk
they're still shipping it
Holy shit 1500?!
That's like
A lot of cold ones
i feel like u coudl game this really hard. just buy a cheap laptop and make it chrash repeateldly than ask for a more expensive replacement
for the same price :D
LOL
Dang is that how ur warranty worked?!
no it wasn't warranty
my dad just called them a bunch of times
we downloaded a few drivers and uninstaleld and reinstaled some stuff
Dayumnnn
it tookk a few days and then they just gave up
cuz nothing would stop the crashing
so they felt bad
also my dad sounds really angry over the phone even when hes not lmaoo
Lolll
That's pretty funny
Dayumn
U gonna dual boot this bby
yea
we can have a dual boot party
we're gonna need lots of cold ones to get through it
Tru :'(
We could do it over break
Edit apps while we're waiting for installs :')
Alright imma work out now, get sweaty and shiz
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quality memes
Jeezus bruh lol
lol have fun workin out
Thx thx
Have fun at
Uh Latin?
study
lol
Thu, Dec 14th 2017, 1:46 pm
lol i've startd playing smash in econ
Thu, Dec 14th 2017, 6:29 pm
Training montage
Maybe you'll actually be able to beat me
💪
do u mind sending me physics answers
lol get u back later
Fri, Dec 15th 2017, 12:58 am
I just woke up lol
I'll still send them to you doe
lol
ya if u can that would be great
I'll be done before 3am
guaranteed lol
oh ur not done? lol which problems
we can grin them out
I only did the first one so far lmao
oh
lmao
ok
I'm also taking A HUGE DUMP rn
ive kinda procastinated until now
tired times?
ya.. twas a bad idea
nah it's fine
we can cheese these
I'm almost done with my dump
ok, almost done with number 2
this is some funky shit
i kinda skipped number 2
doing 3
kk
finished number 2
would it funny to be a subtle humble bragger gym rat
be like
oh man
my sleeves are just too _TIGHT_ today
aw man, I guess my arms are just _TOO BIG_
jeezus lol
do u have a class A block?
yup yup
damn
hmm im def turning these in at the end of the day
do uw ant to go over them in D block?
dun worry we can finish by this morning
I'm on the last one
plus I gotta work out at D block
lmao ok
💪
i just finished last one, finished part of 3 but parts of 3 and 2 confuse me
im doing 1 now
you did 1 last??
ya lol
i need a boost a confidence with an atwood problem
lmaoo
alrighty all finished
let me send ya
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oh sick
thanks
oh for part b of #1, you forgot that the pulley goes down first
so u have to find the time it takes for it to go down and stop, then find the 1.8 - t
cuz it only starts accelerating back up after that
that was a shit explanation but hopefully u got it
lmao
you're the best at explaining stuff
you have the best explainations
it takes about 1.064 seconds for m1 to deccelerate from -2.4 m/s to 0
how u find dat
oh wait
big four?
and after that m1 starts accelerating back up. so by 1.8 seconds, the system would have only accelerated for 0.736 seconds in the "right" direction
ya
wutttt
did you get that all from you doing stuff
or did the interwebs also say dat
ya
no i got it
LOL
nice response
u just have to use what u got from part a
"Did you do it this way or that way?" >> ya
"how far will m1 descend below its initial level", you have to count the time it descends below its intial level as part of the 1.8 seconds
also number 2 looks so cmplicated oof
btw for part c of the 3rd one i don't get why that works
https://web.njit.edu/~gary/111/assets/HW4_sol.pdf
this thing says otherwise for part b on number 1
not sure why
dafuq THIS WAS A THING
WHY DID I ACTUALLY DO PHYSICS
lmaooo
aren't you a god tier Googler????
nah I feel man
for part c I got everything from the FBD
hmm
I'm not sure what to think for 1b now since of dat pdf lol
lulu also got the same
for 1b
for part b i calculated the time it takes for the system to cover 0.529 m,
and use dthe remaining time to calculate velocity with m1 going upwards
idk
maybe i'll just change it to this
but i feel like what i did makes sense
maybe you broke physics
🐱
aw fuck it i'm gonna just gonna finish these up during a block
i promised myself I would stop staying up past 2
(that was two days ago)
woops
ugh this week has been utter shit tho. so many ppl got defferred. i can't wait to get it over with
did u hear the massacre that happened today
?
there was another terrorist attack?
and it's alright
no
i mean college apps
tho not unlike a terrorist attack
EVERYONE got deffered or rejected
(except David, he got into Columbia!)
nice!!!
yeh, it is a pretty feels down week
ugh
ya and then tacked on theres a lot of personal drama
more so than what happened with you and Vara???
well nah its all centered around that
but Jen isn't talkng to me for some reason
She's mad that you apparently let her Cornell news slip?
She just mentioned that in passing idk if she wants you to know though
uh wut
she never even told me what the result was
I don't think you should get hung up on this kind of stuff though, esp now
Oh wait wait
I meant vara talking about Cornell
Not you lol
oh lol
Idk when she got annoyed at me I just went radio silent and things turned out ok
But I'm just shit with dealing with this kind of stuff lol
same. but she was mad at me before this week started
i dont really k why, i just k vara told me she's pissed at me for lots of reasons
the thing is we have barely talked this entire school yr
and i could tell she was a bit annoyed at me bc shes hostil whenever i talk to her but idk why she would be pissed
Are you really hung up about this?
yea lol
i guess i shouldn't be
Nah, it's alright to be hung up about a friend not talking to you
It just shows that you care
i told Vara that ya i feel like if Jen's mad at me over something I have noidea about and she won't tell me or Vara (vara asked), and the fact we have barely talked means whatever shes mad about is super trivial that happened in some random conversation, there's not much I can do
and then he called me a bad friend bc he said " a good friend should be doing whatever it takes to win that person back"
lol
but like I don't even k what the heck she's mad about and shes hostile everytime i talk to her
lol dun worry that kind of stuff is subjective, I think you're a good friend
i mean and also if Jen is willing to just ignore me and stuff and be mad at me without even telling me anything, doesn;t really seem like she cares much about our friendship
so meh
I don't think I've ever seen you like this
are you annoyed at her?
yea... well i'm annoyed cuz she won't talk to me or say anything, i only found out she was pissed from vara,
and it hurts more probably bc i like her still
ya sorry for ranting. all this drama thats going on is rubbing off on me and making me into a little drama fucker
nah it's alright lol
it's technically part of human nature
since ppl wanna understand each other's emotions and internal thoughts
but it ain't that easy
I guess I personally would just let it simmer down for now, especially at such a stressful time for some ppl
and then after Jan 1st talk to her if you want
doesn't have to be confrtoning and be like "PLS TALK TO MEH"
just say hey
ya know
and probably don't call her fat lol
ya.... ugh
btw do you know if the dynamics quiz tomorrow is just chapters 4 and 5?
its ok. honestly i feel like i don't really like her anymore. her personality kinda leaves a bad taste in my mouth sometimes.
the wut
THE WUT
bruh
there's a physics quiz tomorrow
MC
WTF
on dynamics
WHATS DYNAMICS
LOL
is it basically pulley stuff
idk, that's why I was asking u lmao
(and yeh, if you don't really like her anymore then don't worry about it too much, if you want to stay friends then just take it slow for now I suppose. Maybe you should ask Ashley for advice too lol, she probably understands this stuff wayyyyy better than I do)
welp idk what the quiz is on
but im willing to just make this my drop
lol
I feel
and ya during lunch toay i walk up to her in the lunch line and say hi, and she put her hand up to block my face and said Im not talking to u and walked off
which kinda stings lol
especially cuz i hae no clue why
do you want me to ask lol
nah that would be a bit sketch right
idk how much u talk to jen about personal stuff
actually u can
I don't really know Jenn _that_ well I would say lol, sometimes she has minirants that she tells me
i mean honestly u can even just tell her I was talking to u about how idk why Jen's so mad at me
btw the quiz tomorrow is on chapters 2 -5 FUUUUU
what is chapter 5
friction
oh eeezzz
i think
that's like 4 chapters doe
ya.... i get onfused by the centripetal stuff
and the conical pendulum, and other rotating stuff
btw does your pops think I'm insane for BD now?
I heard him chuckle a couple times lol
lol probabky
is everything cool now with you and Vara?
lol nope
but we're talking now
i'm just looking for a working relationship with him tbh. i think it will be ok next week
maybe Jenn also wants a working relationship
JK JK
THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN A BAD MEME
I'M SORRY
just uh don't read what I just typed
here, let me distract you
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it's actually pretty crazy how fast SpotMini responds to being thrown off balance and cease all movement before it even hits the ground
LOL thanks roy
"mail delivery"
"hiking through rough terrain"
"carrying laundry"
yeh...
ah well
I'm honestly just been focusing on college apps now lol
I need to somehow show the development cycle/demos from Fetch to Turtlebot in 2 minutes tops...
first I need to film demos of TB3
ah
over break i can probably help u
are we going to have grind sess's?
Dual Booting
watching Steve Jobs scream at ppl
editing college apps n' vids lmao
lol
yeee
alright im gonna go to sleep
for about 2 hrs lol
g'night!
cya
sweet dreams
or whatever u dream about
🐱
Fri, Dec 15th 2017, 9:58 am
Ah shit I forgot to buy an nhs shirt
Lmaoo
a wut
We had to buy an nhs shirt by today
"Mandatory "
wait wut
NHS feels like the mafia
Yeeee
🐱
Sat, Dec 16th 2017, 3:58 pm
I finally thought of 5 words to describe myself
"I want to create meaning"
oh that's nice
or
"I wannabe sassy black woman"
Mmmmmhm what'd I tell ya
not sure if going to the star wars thing is worth it for me rn
I would pay Max back and everything but I would feel pretty bad to flake like this
but at the same time all this stuff is sitting here undone
what stuff?
and it will be at 10 so u have plenty of time
I'm really sick today so I'm flaking for TFA part
I literally did no work yesterday lol
lol
well
it's worth it :D
lmao thanks
🐱
Sat, Dec 16th 2017, 8:43 pm
lol r u asleep
doing work
r u coming?
I thought you guys were coming at 9
well it's 16 min before
that's a lot of minutes lol
🐱
do u want anything from stop and shop
Cold ones of course
Where u guys at
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
here
Sun, Dec 17th 2017, 9:09 pm
finally fuking finished filming
nice
got any tips for getting rid of headaches?
my SLAM shit is also not the best with corners apparently
LOL
probably sleep th
*tbh
maybe like a cold press with a towel
I read that as
"maybe like a cold one press with a towel"
holy shit
why does Lightworks and video editing software crash so goddamn much
welp
r u using it on ur linux side?
nope windows
hmm thats wierd
yo man, you doin' alright?
ya
why?
well im still sick af lol
just makin' sure lol
guessin' you're MIA for school tomorrow?
RHao is visiting btw
or at least she was interested in visiting lol
not sure i might come
but then i'd have to do all this hw for english D:
LOL
shit i'm reading a main part for Hamlet tomorrow
but that's rpobably not good for my throat
yeh, then just don't come to school tomorrow bruh
man, I've getting enough sleep lately and for some reason I still feel like shit
did I catch something from u and Ben?
wdym by feel like shit
My head is spinning like crazy
I can sit down and stare at nothing and I'll still feel nauseous
like I'm about to get carsick
hopefully it'll just go away with a nap
I got apps to write
oh damn
uh well Max and I had sore throat and coughing
so idts
Maybe I got a delayed hangover from all the cold ones
🐱
idk what helps nausea
probaby just sleep tbh
But all dese apps n tests
Fuk sleep gotta do work
welp
Can't tell if resting or power through is more optimal
Maybe rigid naps will help
I'll go try that
welp
Mon, Dec 18th 2017, 11:41 am
U Mia rn?
ya
Not coming to botball?
nope
Ahh ic ic
Get some good rest man!
Also KAIST just made walking robot that people can ride in
It looks like a huge couch with legs
Mon, Dec 18th 2017, 11:12 pm
lmaoo
btw i have this stuck in my head
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAOMIH7cgh0&index=34&list=PLn67-VRxpyViHLFWI-QM3ypSi8W5VsBoX
its soooo wholesome
Tue, Dec 19th 2017, 9:05 am
Dat songs old news
I listened to it too much already lol
Feeling better today?
yup
but still kinda sick
oh btw got my new computer
NICEEEEE
my new new computer
did i tell u it got upgraded
bc they felt bad
Staying at home today?
nah i'm in school
Yeh this is like the fourth time you told me lol
oh lol
its so niiiice
tho i'll never use touchscreen
U gunna dualllll
ya ofc
D-d-d-d-d-d-duallll
not right away tho i have to test this comp for a day or two to make sure it doens't have the same problem
of crashing
That's just a windows problem
🐱
test this *upgraded* comp
hey did i mention i got my comp upgraded
:)
Oh god
It's a loop
*gap yeaaaaaarrrr*
Are you trying to hardcore meme rn lol
Dude I looked over my shots of the robo
And it spends like a minute spinning in a circle before it finds its target
It's nowhere as smooth as the pros
Fuk
lol u don't have to make it as smooth as the pros
and do u have the video done?
Nope doing audio tonight
And I want to be able to compete with the pros doe
🐱
again remember colleges don't care as much about skill level
remember that guy who made a nuclear fusion reactor in his garage
got rejected by colleges
Nah this isn't about collegio
How can I expect to talk to the pros if I can't even get comparable results
And also I still don't get a dude who made a nuclear reactor gets rejected lol
That's like the ultimate power move
Maybe he had a shiz personality?
probably cuz his personality was shit
Ayyyyyyy
lol in an MIT admissions blog they literally mention that kid and how they rejected him so ppl shouldn't worry about having too may accomplishments
What if they just rejected him to make an example of him
POWERMOVES
DAMN ULTIMATE POWERMOVE
I wonder what they are looking for
Besides really quirky stuff like raising chickens
well personality traits
basically they want to know that u will succeed on campus and make that school better
so taking initiative on things is probably a good indicator, a good proof that u will do the same on campus
but u have to always link acheivements to personality traits, or else they won't really care
Tell a story yup yup yup
so basically raising chickens
or food blogging in french
or food blogging about chickens in french
Oh god the memes
:'(
Just run your own bakery
They love that shit
🐱
"I blog about my dog"
HOLY SHIT SHE BLOGS ABOUT HER DOG
wait wut
oh lol
ya
but i think MIT would have a different view than stanford
just cuz they're looking for different things
Yeh
Stanford is looking for bloggers
🐱
damn
meming so hard rn lol
It hurts and soothes at the same time
I'm just going to spend the rest of this week grinding out apps nonstop
lol ok
lemme k if u need anything
<3
Tue, Dec 19th 2017, 2:56 pm
oh shiz
there's an opening for the soup kitchen
r u still under for hours
nope
but I love Chak's cooking
wait chakladar cooks?
bruh
what do you think we do at the soup kitchens
it's 100% worth even if we didn't get hours
I thought there are professional ppl to cook
also wanna tutor muraco kids? It'll fill out your tutoring requirement + if you already did that get extra hours
and u just like wash dishes and hand things out
I already filled all my tuoring and hours
even for graduation?
wait how much for graduation
I think 30?
well shit
LMAO
you up for tutoring every wednesday for 5 wednesday?
and going to the soup kitchen tomorrow
hmmm
are the soup kitchens always wednesday?
monthly
so you up for it?
not for tutoring probably
I'll probably do more volunteering after Jan 2
so you're up for soup kitchen tomorrow? ;)
the food is pretty worth man
and I know how you feel about
_*FREE*_
_*FOOD*_
what time?
4:30 - 6:30
though the list is technically "full" rn
but I'm sure someone will drop out last minute
like last time lol
where's the soup kitchen?
fuck if I know
jk jk
Dwelling Place, 523 Main St., 4:30pm-6:30pm
takes like ~20 min to walk there
hmm ok maybe
if someone drops out
c'monnnn
ppl will drop out
lol ok how do I sign up
you can take my spot if you want
I'm just honestly going to be there for the food
oh shit, Abby's going
ok nvm
I'm not going
you can take my spot
uh no it's ok
bring some food back to me pls
🐱
lol it's fine
u should gooo
come with meh pls
I can't pig out alone
hmm
idk I think I have to work on college apps and mahacks
maybe next month
:'(
have you done the physics yet?
only the 1st question
and part of the 2nd
alright
I'm on the last question now
do they take long
nah
I just ate dinner
and then just finished up
no problemo
Wed, Dec 20th 2017, 12:47 am
I just realized that I never actually answered your question properly lol
no they don't take that long
there we go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=qYyNF0eNPxQ
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KAIST HuboLab & Rainbow-Robotics (http://rainbow-robotics.com)
And dude check it, it's real
lol
Wed, Dec 20th 2017, 11:14 am
Has there been anyone besides Damian who talked about their tech and actually got in lol
🐱
well im sure rosanna and qiuyue and alex talked about their tech
but they don't have dicks
so
🐱
🐱
We gotta put in the additional info that we don't actually have dicks due to a freak circumcised incident
🐱
*opens admissions packet* "girl in STEM" *jizzes uncontrolably*
LMAOOO
jeezus
"I'm a guy in humanities"
Hmm
Doesn't have the same ring to it
lol nope
well humanities isn't like a girl saturated field. there are plenty of unemployed men
Hot dayumn
Wed, Dec 20th 2017, 2:19 pm
yo Roy can I put smthn in ur house
🐱
ru at the school?
I'm at 🏡
Y u ask?
just curious
did you want to come over or something lol
nah i just ended e club so i was wondering if ur there
but i got picked up so
LOL
alrighty
Wed, Dec 20th 2017, 8:05 pm
my senioritis is getting really bad
i'm literally calculting how bad my english essay can be for me to maintain an A- in the class
you wanna do my OC HW?
nah
it'll help you get rid of your senioritis
gotta write my college apps
I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU
i just relaly don't wanna do this fricking englihs essay
🐱
lol
does that count as senioritis
or prioritizing?
;)
true
fuck i shoulda taken drama
it's an amazing class
wait, are your apps literally just MIT n' Weedtown now?
yup
danggg
Have you finished rough drafts on them yet?
ya for MIT but haven't started stanford
you gots any time any time soon for a mad collegio app edit session?
probably this weekend
we can dual boot at the same time
🐱
dear god
lol
what ver of Ubuntu you want?
16
16.04.3 LTS?
what are all these ubuntu flavors
didn't k they were a thing
and ya
the different flavors are just used specialized ver of Ubuntu
for example I use Ubuntu MATE on the Turtlebot since its lightweight and pretty compatible with packages that I need
ah ic
it's like trying Anal
🐱
WOW
ok
i don't think anal is lightweight or pretty compatable with packages
you don't know until you try it
I've never tried it
🐱
:')
I bet Zuckerberg never tried anal
BUT I BET SEAN PARKER HAS
how much you wanna bet that Wozniak tried anal
wtf am I saying
ya idk
it seems like u really wanna try anal
u might want to get to first base first
yeh
holding hands
oh i thought it was eye contact
Eye contact during anal
actually is that possible?
I guess if she just sits
ok
ok
I'm going to stop
I'm going back to work
or rather maybe I need a break
it's been 3 hours
I think I need a break
ya
go rest ur head
preferably not in the gutters
apparently there was this one girl in her senior quote
she listed the names of a bunch of elements
but if you looked up the periodic table abbreviations for each element
you got the phrase
get money, get bitches
lmao
thats really funny
except theres not "t"
btw if u say "his murder", does that mean him being killed or him killing someone else
how could the internet lie to me so
like for example "Shakespeare describes Hamlet's murder"
doesn't that just depends on context then
do we know that Hamlet committed or suffered murder
oh ok
btw if you say "her anal" does that mean her being analed or her analling someone else
ok I'm done
back to OC grind
anal isn't a verb u dingus
no it is
its either an adjective or a contrived noun
I anal, you anal, we all anal
see? perfect verb
did you know if you say anal fast enough
you hear
"I know"
I'm actually just trying to get you to say anal outloud
jk jk
i think ur prnouncing it wrong
"Siri, do you do anal"
ROY GET BACK TO WORK
"I'm sorry, I'm afraid I don't have an answer to that"
also isn't siri taking anal everytime u charger her
ok i need to get back to work too
that could be the mouth
stop
🐱
does that make the headphone jack the anus
OH WAIT
stupid iphones
can't even do anal
this is getting more and more weird
ya
roy ur really wierd
I wasn't the one who turned it into fucking phones
Wed, Dec 20th 2017, 11:52 pm
got into UMich
hey i just realized we don't have a meme nickname for UMich
Thu, Dec 21st 2017, 7:14 am
Congrats!!!
Yeh I can't really think of anything
Thu, Dec 21st 2017, 10:05 am
Umich seems a bit too wholesome
nah no school is too wholesome to be memed
We don't really meme buzz we meme other schools about buzz lol
John Hopkins
true
I don't have any memable experiences at umich
ppl just seemed normal lol
"Normal"
I still wished that you visited. Stacy
That would've been fun
taken pictures at the wedding cake
I feel like at Caltech you just wouldn't find anyone outside
everyone's doing projects in the basements
Ouch
Sounds perfect though
maybe the wedding cake is their only above ground campus building
that they use for promotional videos
LMAO
All those dorms actually just lead to underground bunkers
lol
I noticed that the mit maker videos that didn't make the cut
Are ones that don't tell a story
oh really
ya well that makes sense
Some or rather a lot of the ones that got rejected had really high production value though
I guess they focused on the wrong aspect...
lol ya
i mean you just have to think that admissions officers have to get through so much every day they will try to reduce each part of ur application to its main ideas whenever possible
and they will only judge u on those main idea snippets
"French food blogging"
don't forget she also went to Vietnam sometimes
Main ideas :')
I don't mean to bash on that girl
I'm sure her essays showed a better light on her but the way that that AO emphasized certain things just threw me off
Thu, Dec 21st 2017, 2:15 pm
Is there mun today?
nope
I'm just chilling at the school for a bit
HAAAA
LOSERRR
have fun at the MAHacks thing
get him to buy you dinner
lmao
Fri, Dec 22nd 2017, 9:01 am
do you have a good mic that I may borrow?
*possibly borrow
uh maybe
ya
when do u need it by
probs this weekend
depends on if I finish the shots tonight
which I aim to do
actually, do you mind if you read my script/screenplay? lol
sure
I also think my marth can beat your Ichigo now
>:)
fake news
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ijCQ38Ewsxr97DNRkmL_VRdTGRkCpNwtFiTb0-foUM/edit?usp=sharing
img
TELL A STORY Title: My Robots Shots Dialogue/Text Shot of wall and Desk, have the turtlebot (which is facing in its usual orientation) turn on (red LED on its camera turn on) and then turn towards the camera and wave Shot of turtlebot driving in a circle on top of Fetch Shot of...
What do you think? I think I may have to cut it down to fit in 2 minutes of video though lol
Fri, Dec 22nd 2017, 12:13 pm
i'm looking it over now in econ
have u started doing any of it yet?
I scrapped the old vid
I love your general feedback lol
lol it's not done I was interruptes
lmao
btw
Thanks man, I really appreciate it
are you at the assembly rn?
ya
lol I'll finish the feedback after school
I just went back home
oh nice
you just hanging out at the school?
talking to petty rn
feel free to drop by so I can wreck your ass in Smash if you want
or if you're not too _scared_
good juan
btw u ok with doing helicopters for Sci Oly?
do I really have a choice? ;)
NOPE
lol the rest of us suck
nah, that's not it lol
btw what exactly are we doing today?
introducing events and then playing quizbowl
I printed out sheets for helicopters
u just have to kinda talk about it
wait, we're just introing?
and then quizbowl?
I uh might just go back to filming then lol
ya
the 2nd half will be quizbowl
hey want me to come over and destroy ur ass
in smash again
or are u *scaaarreed*
maybe after I finish writing some code for the video lol
lol ok
(pussssssyyyy)
ok I'm done
time to film again tonight lol
oh do u want me to edit ur video script again
I just go finished making quizbowl questions
you can if you want
I haven't actually revised that yet
I'm just going to reshoot/shoot all the shots I need tonight
ok
wait, you don't think the script has an arc?
I just told the story of the robos from conception to function
the bedframe CNC guy also told the story of his machine from conception to completion
it's not like I made these robos to save humanity lol
not arc for the robots
arc for urself
you mean stuff like the journey of making these robos and how they affected me?
ya and what u learned and how u will use that learning I. the future endeavors
and also what inspired u to make robots
which is not super emphasized
I already kind of talked about that in the app, idk if I want to repeat it again in the vid
not sure what's more important in this vid esp since ppl in the field will be looking at it
I guess the visuals will already convey all the technical stuff
since they can actually (hopefully) recognize what I'm doing
yeh I see what you mean
damn you 2 minute limit
I'll be at the school in a bit
Sat, Dec 23rd 2017, 5:43 pm
how dem apps going
unmotivated lol
sammmmee
wanna try to have a college grind sess tomorrow?
nah I will be gone doing mandatory fun until the 27th
:/
LOL
da heck is "mandatory fun"
it's kind of strange
I still have that nagging feeling that of why am I even trying for these higher up engineering schools when CMU rejected me
and I've tried to counter that by reminding myself that I have nothing to lose so might as well try
but now I realize that that counter idea also sucks ass
and that the real problem
is that I don't even believe in myself
aww man
well early action is kinda a scam. like in Ashley year early action had no indication of what regular action looked like
like Rebecca got defered from Washington university
Ashley got deferred from umichigan
both ended up going to much better colleges
yeh I suppose so
I should probably try to get myself into editing mode
got anything you want me to look at?
I'm almost done with my bigger apps
nah haven't really made too much progress on my apps
I think I'm done with weedtown now
oh
ic ic
but u should go celebrate with ur fam
take the mind off college apps for a day
my fam never does stuff during the holidays lol
my pops busted out the tree and my mother was like, "why did you take that thing out, we're not going to give presents anyway lol" then we all laughed
oh lol
my folks and I aren't exactly huge on family activities and stuff lol
do u have relatives
that visit ever
the last time my relatives visited was when my cousin were touring colleges
or when they had a business trip in the area, dropped by, got drunk and then left
oh right
oh
gotta love them drinking sessions
though I'm just drinking water
LMAO
lol
my parents are family friends with like all the Asians in other towns except Winchester
are you going to be ok though? the deadline is coming up real soon
lol so we have like lots of dumpling wrapping parties
ya nothing a little cramming can't solve
"Tell us about something that is meaningful to you and why. (100 to 250 words) Collecting Data?"
bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I read meditation as masturbation not gonna lie
and audiobooks as coloring books
Do you also agree that this opening line in my Cornell one is super boring?
My passion and future vision is in robotics and I believe that a Cornell Engineering education will help bring my goals to life.
hmmm i think it could use more specificity
on the "vision in robotics" and the "Cornell Engineering education" parts
tho are u at the character/word limit?
how are the apps going?
u up for a break online smash sess
(i'm currently hiding from socializing with my family friends)
if i take out that boring sentence im just at the word limit
nah I'm ok on the online smash part lol
unless you really want to
for apps wise I'm going to try to finalize them tomorrow
lol ok
i should probably get started on mine
lemme k if ur ready for some editing
you can edit any of them if you feel like it lol
I'll be mainly working on the vid for now I think
oh ok so ur essays are all ready?
ready for editing
want me to take a look at what you already have?
actually, I'm up for an online smash fest if you still are
lol ok nice
and nah i haven't written anything much for my apps
have you done brainstorming yet man
ya no i already have drafts
but they're kinda meh
and I haven't finalized my ideas
like i have some parts written for different ideas
oh yeh did you retract your apps from UCB and Buzz n' other schools yet?
ahh ic ic
oh no
idk how to do that
ayyy
Q: How can I cancel or withdraw my Berkeley application?� A: Please login to your student portal, MAP@Berkeley. Once logged in, under "Account Tools" towards the bottom of the page, click on "Withdraw Application" and follow the prompts.
but my mom said she doesn't want me to cuz she already paid and she wants them as like safetys "in case i somehow get recinded from harvard"
and she showed me a bunch of horror stories of rescinded applicants XD
How can I withdraw my applications after being accepted by my Early Decision college? You must directly contact the colleges to which you have applied to inform them you have been accepted Early Decision at another school and therefore want to withdraw your application. Please contact the Admissions Office at each college and ask what method is best -- some might consider a phone call or e-mail sufficient, while others might request a written letter.
oh ic ic
like if you somehow overdose on cold ones and kill a person?
lol ya
i'll try to retract my UCB one bc there are lots of ppl applying
and maybe keep GTech bc barely anyones appying early for GTech
isn't Jenn and Vara applying to Buzz?
alright, I'm connected to the lobby
want me to make the room or you?
yasure
no just Vara, Jen didn't end up applying
whats the room
one sec
and man, I really hope Regular aren't compared to Early
ok
the room is called
crippling depression
and the password is
kms
damn
ok I'm in
nioce
prepared to get ur ass kicked
BRUH
i wuz tpying
;_;
oh
fuk
FUCK YAAA
0-1
6% more damage ;)
im ready
ok we should do stage bans
lets go
I ban FD
hold on
kk
ok back i was walking my grandparents to their car
dfuk
FUK
fuck
OH WUT
this lag
AW YEH
is so laggy
yeh ok man
can't handle the lag
are we doing u have to change characters if u lose
WEAK
nah you don't have to
winner can't change though
oh sicc
im banning dreamland
:'(
what map you want
can u pick waiting room
oh goddamnit
lol
ew
AW SHIT WHAT
YOU CAN'T BEAT MY MARTH?!
ok this fucking lag
what stage ban and map you want?
merp a derp
uh whats the other one u like a lot
thats also platforms
LOL
idk
ok how about pokemon stadium
:'(
that one is fun doe
oh wait is that the one you want or
and btw the score is
2-1
no banning pokemon stadium
kk
and pick the space map thats not the space ship
with the two platforms and the mini ramp
lol
got it
BOOM
I CALL BS
FUCK DAT MAP
2-2
hey i want to try my isaac
next match doesnt count ok :D
fine fine
BOOOOM
that match didn't count
2-2
still
hey we should make this match count
:D
HEY
ok
we still got one more game left
hmm maybe i should stick with isaac
for best of 5
nah i'll go ichigo
wait you won the last game though
oh ok ok
oh wait
true
imma choose a map now
ichigo vs marth
ok
fuck
3-2
I WON
ok ok
we can play a new game if you want
best of
I mean
hey if u average that out its 10 - 3 me ;)
how about we go by games now lol
nahhhhhhh
and actually i have to go to bed soon bc i need to get up eary tomorrow for more mandatory fun
what is this mandatory fun you're talking about
oh like family friend visits and parties and stuff
wow lol
but college apps and dual booting :'(
ya ikr
:'(
you're busy with that for basically all of vacaaaaa??
damnnn
nah just until the 27th
:(
sam\\\
*same
so dual boot collegio sess on the 27th?
Sun, Dec 24th 2017, 4:28 pm
ah shit
the new shots I just filmed
I forgot that I was wearing the
"Good Times Bad Friends" Cold One shirt
DAMNIT
btw do you think I can still borrow a mic tomorrow or so?
LOLOOOLOL
and ya if u find a way to get to my house
I might be leaving tomorrow morning for mandatory fun and won't be back until 27th but I can leave the Mic in my mailbox
nah nah it's fine
Sam's got one
and geezus you're traveling for mandatory fun??
That's a lot of work
I guess that just means you're going to continue to get your ass kicked by my Marth online
wut
do you have a _Marth Problem_??
3-2
uh
8-1
ONLY THE MOST RECENT SAMPLES HAVE THE MOST VALIDITY IN MEASURING KICKASSERY
fuck i cant make puns with ichigo
ichigo in japanese means strawberry I think
rIchCHIGgOa
lmao
nice
You know what
I'm not going to show myself in the video
nah u should
it will feel more personal
I'm at the limit
doe
oh nvm then
Mon, Dec 25th 2017, 12:12 am
bruh
finally finished the first cut of my video
lol
oh nice nice
This stuff is cringe to watch lol
Mon, Dec 25th 2017, 1:50 pm
Merry Christmas
Did santa come back for 30 percent? Or did he come back and take it all
Merry christmas!
lol i'm going to see star wars again
again???
is this what mandatory fun time is lol
Mon, Dec 25th 2017, 8:52 pm
well this time i want to go
dude there was someone smoking pot the entire time in the theater
my stomach hurts from the smell
Mon, Dec 25th 2017, 11:50 pm
LOL
damn
I didn't know that was legal
Tue, Dec 26th 2017, 12:20 pm
its not
lol
Tue, Dec 26th 2017, 3:34 pm
yo roy what did u write about for yoru challegne essay for MIT?
I wrote about growing up
you wanna see?
Tue, Dec 26th 2017, 6:02 pm
ya sure
you free for a college grind sess tomorrow?
maybe
what time?
I can probably if it's later in the day
anytime
I think there'a grind time prime time tomorrow in the lib
oh ya ik about that but probably not for me
awww
oh yeh for the challenge essay
I wrote about making friends in new places
so no edit sess at all? :'(
There's night in my bedroom tomorrow night ;)
not jk
lol wut
*there's grind time prime time in my bedroom tomorrow night
if you're not a wuss
oh lol
ya I can probably make it
are you out of town rn?
nah I have a mahacks conference call
is it like a big one?
wdym
its with my team members, and its starting in 5 min
ooh
I meant was it with like big company ppl
oh nop
how long will the meeting take?
you can still come grind w/ us
probably like 30 min
and then it will be too late in the night i think
plus i suck at writing with other ppl around
but tomorrow we can grind
it's never too late into the night
you scared of the dark?
fine fine
🐱
its always grind time at roys house
but ya ill come tomorrow
<3
oof roy can u give me some motivation
here watch this
https://youtu.be/ndH6UqA0QSo
img
Ano Hana Secret Base - 10 Years After Ver.
That was Sam lol
lmao
still need motivation?
no that was all i needed
jk
kinda
but the moment has mostly passed
do you need a gf?
MAHacks just stresses me out a lot
🐱
YES
uh
i mean
yes
oh jeez
ya i saw that
What happened at MAHacks?
I thought things were under control
they are kinda under control, I just stress out bc the event is only a few weeks away
and it might not go as well
I haven't had as much time to organize this one compared to the past cuz of college apps
and all my team members are all also doing college apps
I believe this is what is known as "worrying too much"
you're going to be fine
dw justin sam completely just like put tri m work on hiatus because of apps lol
ya ikik its completely stupid i just get these moments of intense stress and I like can't do anything else to take my mind off it
he isn't even working that hard he's just crying over weeb shit
lol
but aren't there other organizers for Tri-M that can take care of it
neither is sarah either lol
sarah isn't doing anything either
she kinda just doesn't do anything
she is the chapter potato
wait sam needs to talk to you
jk he needs his computer back to do apps
The stuff after "you're going to be fine" was Sam
did u call her the chapter potato or did sam call her the chapter potato
i'm confused as to when whos talking XD
🐱
🐱
there, now you know who's talking
tru
wait
if you're over worrying then take your mind off of it
unless you still got a lot of work and the worrying is justified
otherwise, chill
i still got a lot of work and the worrying is justified 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I think you should get some sleep first
that was Sam
you should def get sleep though
that was roy
this is sam now
n
goddamnit
🐱
There we go
but sleep is for the weak
jk
hi sam
Just go to sleep bruh
i mean roy
🐱
hi roy
Did you finish WeedTown and MIT yet?
If so
just go to sleep
nope
still doing MIT
i need a shower to clear my head but i've already taken two today
:'(
At that point I think it's better to nap and wake up early with a fresh mind
ya true
quality over quantity
ok instead of taking ur super valid and wise advice
i decided to make some memes
FUCK YOU
that was sam
img
this is roy
Justin I love you
bruh
BRUHHHH
<3
YES
why u do dis
THIS WAS GOOD FOR MY SOUL OK
tru
I'll see you tomorrow man lol
Go to sleep!
lol ya cya tomorrow
Wed, Dec 27th 2017, 11:31 am
What time you wanna grind time prime time
how about like 7?
Yeh sure
🐱
Wed, Dec 27th 2017, 6:02 pm
Still up for a grind time prime time?
I'm getting back from the one at the lib
Oh wait the ppl at the lib might have another prime time grind time tonight
Hmmmmmm
at mikes house apparently?
ya i'll probbaly be coming in 30 min
these stanford questions are so wierd
Coming to my place or mikes place
I don't think I'll go
Lots o ppl
Ate too many chicken wings
prbablu ur place
Kk let me know when u have an eta
in 15 min
Kk
here
dayumn
dat was quick
I'm always quick
to come
Thu, Dec 28th 2017, 11:31 am
Thanks for the catch on grammar lol
np
i'm still debating about the challenge question for MIT
Thu, Dec 28th 2017, 8:01 pm
Still???
Did you settle on something now?
I'm about to send off a majority of my stuff
I still have the mahacks topic but I'm unsure of it
the rest are finalized
and I'm taking a break from MIT and doing stanford
ahh
are you unsure of it due to some underlining tones you wanna avoid?
nah I had Sam and Sarah read it over and they said it fell kinda flat
like it didn't seem like it was an actual challenge
in their words "it sounds like 'this happened, and then this' but not really a challeneg"
ahh
I thought it read more like
this happened
and then I did this
reading it back I do suppose you perhaps should emphasis the challenge
more
hmm
I feel like I want to discuss mahacks in one of my essays
and it also plays on themes of leadership / working in a team
whereas if I did overcoming social anxiety it would be more just me
you can't mention MAHacks in your portfolio?
oh wait ML
nvm
hmm, perhaps you can mention MAhacks in a sentence in social anxiety (if you go with that)
like go on from talking about how you got over social anxiety and then talk about how you even now hold social events like MAhacks lol
well I meant more like the efforts and reasons I started mahacks
do u think social anxiety would be a compelling topic?
depends on how you spin it
not spin it, but rather present it
it's also not something that I figured out a solution for. I just forced myself to mess up more in public and the more I messed up the better I got lol
isn't that a solution lol
it's literally a psych solution for getting rid of phobias
at least from admissions officers it seemed like they were looking for qualities that suggest u can survive in a challenging environment like MIT
oh
welp shit then I better rewrite my essay lol
well take it this way too, we don't actually know what exactly they are looking for
for example that girl who got into Princeton & MIT
you said her essays were meh
and yet they had something the AO's probably liked
soooo
yeh lol
yea...
her essay was about working with someone she didn't like for volleyball
I think you should write about what conveys more about you as a person
not about writing to what they "probably" want
it might sound cliche but ya know
ya....
eh I'll see. I might just draft one for social anxiety and see what happens
nice nice
alright I need to update my resume lol and then conk out
being ill really doesn't help rn
btw how many days did we stay in dvaids basement for GCER prep
not sure
oh shot I hope u feel better
it was from summer vaca start to 2 days before GCER essentially
thx man
you're going to write about GCER? lol
I think that was my og topic for that
no it's in my what I did over the summer
but I couldn't really think of a "solution" since technically we still failed
ay lmaoo
ooooh
lololok
If you need me to read over anything I got'chu
I'm planning to send them out tomorrow lol
geezus
all of them?
nah
most of them though
damn
nice
wait is it too late then for me to read through
cuz I feel like if ur sending them soon I don't want to give u doubta
you can read them if you want lol
are you past the halfway point for your stuff?
uh I'm about halfway
actually probably less tbh
Holy shiz
really let me know if you need anything then
lol ok
nahhhh I'll be fine
alright man
just don't burn yourself out
I think Ashley gave me that advice lol
well it's the final stretch
we got midterms after this burh
pshhh
fuck day
*dat
I only have 3 midterms
hot dayumn
wait OC's don't have midterms right
nope
and Latin is gonna be ezpz so it's just physics and econ, and only econ bc I haven't paid attention to a single class since october
🐱
🐱
hmm, I kinda wanna inject more humor into my stanford one
but the stuff I want to talk about doesn't really lend themselves to comedy
When the choice is yours, what do you read, listen to, or watch?
I read porn, listen to porn, and watch porn
what a bold stance on human sexuality. you must support the LQBTQIA community *accept*
oh tru
I should say lesbian porn
*LGBTQIA porn
all of them at the same time
I like it when I can't tell whos penetrating what
or what's penetrating who
hot dayumn
that's imagery I never want to think about again
🐱
just like college apps
grad school doe
fck
wait are you looking to grad school in the future?
esp considering your goals?
not sure yet
maybe eventually after failing my first 10 startups
don't worry, if I become the CRO of some company I'll spend their money on investing in your company
;)
🐱
🐱
🐱
🐱
thanks
not suure why it sent 3
triple da pus
I wonder if Einstein would do well in modern college apps lol
since his history seems to be mostly him just skipping class and everything just to go read about physics
lol tru
tho ppl like eistein dont need to go to a good college to succeed
I wonder if I can be like him in that aspect then
perhaps I'm feeling a bit too deep with this mushy mind of mine rn
ya u should sleep
you know wat, all these BD and Agility Robotics ppl didn't go to bigass schools
in fact most of them went to what the average ppl on collegeboard would think to be "meh"
and yet they're creating more amazing things than anyone else
alright, some nice motivation to help me ease into slumber
🐱
Fri, Dec 29th 2017, 11:37 am
🐱
ha memes
img
from the Stanford Common Dataset
those lying motherfuckers
there's an interview for stanford???
ya
it's post app
Fri, Dec 29th 2017, 4:36 pm
yo roy can you read my first two long essays for MIT and tell me if you thin ktheyre good?
Fri, Dec 29th 2017, 7:28 pm
Which one are those
community and the where i come from
I meant which essay is it lol, there's so many pieces lying around and idk how to tell them apart exactly
are they both directly under the question?
ya
lol
I think I actually mentioned you in my interview now I read this essay of yours lol
I told her about how I got roped into being Sci Oly's build event officer
oh lmao
how you seduced me with "robot arm"
🐱
🐱
I like the community essay
and if I had to think of one thing I thought was a bit weird
Looking back, SciOly has ignited the passion and potential of students pursuing their interests in science, and I am proud to have provided the spark.
in that last sentence (and other places) you mention what the community is like w/ sci oly now
wait thats no longer part of the essay
BRUH
LOL
ok nvm
then I think it's pretty fine lol
you talk about how you contributed to the community and all that jazz
along with showing your initiative and passion for science
yay
it's probably just me but with all the build up near the end
the "chip away" thing sounded a bit small scale to me
though idk much about entrepreneurship
ya but i was tryna to not be too cheesy and say "I wanna change the world"
I'm the guy who told Josh to fuck off and then tried to build the next most advanced robot in the world in my apartment
🐱
ahh ic ic
yeh I like it then
yay
I can't think of any other way to say "I wanna change the world" without sounding cheese
Did you finish the challenge one?
well I put it on hold until Ashley reads it, which she is going to tonight. Today i was just working on Stanford
I just saw the extra hour one
and I read it as
also I'm probably not submitting a Maker portfolio
"performing their favorite Chopin piece that I’ve been practicing. I’M GETTING FAT GOTTA HIT THE GYM"
LOL
that would be a funny way to end that essay
LOL
dude stanford will love that shiz
"oh shit, this guy hits the gym!? Not many ppl do that!"
wait, you're not submitting a maker portfolio???
what if you just submit your Harvard acceptance letter as your portfolio
nah. cuz my AI ind. study isn't far enough to really add anything
🐱
lol
and they don't take source code
they don't???? Then what the heck did Damian do lol
so the only way to show what I've done is to video tape my program running XD but i don't think thats super exciting
I thought he said he linked them to his github
idk he just wrote about it i guess
WHAT?! JUST SHOWING THE PROGRAM RUNNING ISN'T THAT EXCITING?! WAT
ya he probably did but they explicitly said somewhere they won't look at source code
NO WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
well its different for robos
lol
and my app doesn't really focus a lot on my own personal side projects anyways, its mainly about big initiatives so i don't think it will have much effect
how the general public views tech entertainment: program running on the terminal < program running on the terminal but with visual hacker effects < simulations < real life demos < flappy bird
lmao
actually scratch the flappy bird one
the ultimate form of tech entertainment
is watching dudes drop their smartphones off of 20 story buildings and going like "omg it broke!"
and yeh that makes sense
I'm actually still very confused about what MIT saw in that princeton girl...
or watching ppl pour milk on themselves in public bc its a "social experiment"
do u wanna read her essays?
yeh sure
"I already have 10 projects that your written as cofounder for!"
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yiw9ZK4Oa38HcYUY29r7bc5Qz2rlLhCU3hHKLxX_AgU/edit?usp=sharing
hot dayumn, you already have them setup to be your eduardo?
i told u not to read it lol
and nah they can be my josh
LOL
at least josh won't smash my laptop
those things are fricking expensive
truuu
wait so di du already submit?
I just submitted Olin
editing/rechecking takes a lot longer than I thought lol
lol
Zuckerberg 2.0
I kinda wanna comment
"should be spelled Zuckerfucker"
but I bet ppl like Ashley would see that then huh lol
lol
Just the act of submitting takes a lot longer than I expected
alright, all that's left now is Buzz and MIT for meh
oh geezus
nice!
you doin' alright man?
Does Auxivision count as a "job?" lol
actually nvm
lol
ok
and no probably not
Kinda just wanna see results come out now
Not gonna lie
Ah who knows anymore
Just hoping that collegio watch my video that I linked in additional info
ya
hey but ur almost done
it's almost slacking time
Maybe I should've mentioned it was only 2 minutes so they know it's not long
But what if the think that's too long
Maybe it's good that I didn't say that
wait what was this for
Oh god I'm psyching myself out
The mit vid I made
I'm using it for every college
So they can get a sense of what kind/lvl of robots I make
And not just like 5 lb remote control bots
ah
don't worry about it
there's no pt now
and whether u did or not won't change the admissions decision anyways
Tru
Are you holding up alright?
And did ya know that kush is another word for weed?
lol wut
and ya I'm doing fine
Idk I'm dumb and watched a video about how Amherst college ppl do admissions
And one of the AO literally said
Sometimes idk why I raised or didn't raise my hand for a candidate
I just go with my gut
And I'm like bruh
oh ya I saw that
tbh that's not that surprising given how manjy applicants there are
u just have to pray to R&NJesus
I thought all of them would be more knowledgeable about each applicant instead of one dude and the rest just looking at your numbers
Holistic mah ass
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Ah well, other places probably do things differently
ya some schools have 2 readers
And shit I just realized I never sent my AP scores lol
bruhhhh
u should do that right now
Ehhhhh does it matter that much
The $$$$$$$$
yea remember stanford video
3 aps is week
WEAAAKKKK
Fuck weedtown those dank ass mofos
well actually since u self report them I guess they will probably trust u
Alright I'll send not my ap Chem lol
I didn't self report
oh lol
I'll just send them I suppose
Rip ap chem threeeeeeeeee
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Why they wanna let collegeboard take all mah monies
dude just ask ur parents to pay for it
Nah just in general
And where da heck could u self report them lol
I guess that was an old thing
?
on ur common aop
*app
and there's a section on mit
Ik on mit
Oh wait I think I know where it was lol
Hmmm to email admissions or not
wait why?
oh
I mean it's always better to
Ughhhhhh
I thought ap scores were literally for credit
nah but they also "show intellectual vitality"
Sat, Dec 30th 2017, 9:27 am
Sat, Dec 30th 2017, 12:11 pm
ayy
gotta love subjectiveness
"I thought her essay was a 9"
"Well I thought it was a 2"
Bruh
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ya
oh well
I think we need an algorithm to control the world
🐱
same
tho algorithmic bias is also a thing
shhhhh
it's more bearable than 9 vs 2
is the world going to turn into A Brave New World
I just realized we both might have bias/subconscious aid when reading each other's essays
since we actually know each other any points that could be "unclear" to others could easily filled in by our own knowledge of each other
and that would apply to our other friends too
so the best way to get a raw reading is to
ask someone from collegeboard
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aw wat da hell
i forgot MIT only has 4 slots for activites
SMH SMH SMHSMHSMHSMHSMHS
lol
just choose the ones most important to you
Wait a sec
My ap stuff were makeup
So idk the exact date I took them....
Lmao welp
Oh whew
It's only month
MIT apps are like a crazy programmer, they don't want to use the well documented and widely popular program (Common App) and instead try to make their own that's ultimately half as good
I got that from reddit ^^^
lol
do you know Mr. Burke's phone #?
should be on ur common app
it's not doe
lmao
under education?
bruh I'm pretty sure it was required
both his email and his phone are blank on mine
I recall him telling me on the day we filled shiz out it wasn't required
plus there's no red asterisk next to them
7817217020 ext. 4142
lol ok
you have his number??
yee fam mr.burke and I are tight homies yo brotha famsquad XDXDXDXDXD
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pls stahp
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that powermove was too strong for me
lol
okee back to college apps
same
alright I think I'm done with MIT
nice!
feels strange
did u submit?
LMAO
OF COURSE NOT
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how you doin'?
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ahh ic ic lol
have anything you might want me to read?
Else I might just sleep until Jan 2nd
lmao
nah not cureently
wel i decided to keep the mahacks topic for the challenge essay and ashley gave me tips on how to improve it
and i might mention fear of public speaking in the additional info section
Wow you
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bruh there are only 4 fricking activity slots. so I have to talk about MUN, E Club in the additional info
poor looks
"Oh no I'm the leader of too many things what a conundrum"
Lol jk jk
Wait what 2 activities outrank mun and e club besides botball and sci oly
mahacks
youth cities
Ooohhhh
Why not smashing?
You can put down 10-0 me as an accomplishment :')
oh shit true
dude honestly I wish e-sport recruiting was a thing
It's going to be a thing by the time we're 30 :,(
frickin polcari and soccer, well I'm a boss at Sandbag soccer :'(
LMAO
but does MIT care
NO
Didn't polcari get an l doe
not sure
When mit tries to get their sports up
That's like Princeton trying to get their engineering up
OH SHIT WAT
lol damn
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Sun, Dec 31st 2017, 12:19 am
uh oh
when you hit that anxiety moment when you can't sleep anymore
uh oh
what happppeend
idk
I think I'm just going to do robo stuff until I pass out tonight
have u already submitted evyerhting?
not MIT, Buzz, nor CMU RD
then I still got UMich and WPI due Feb
ah
due feb wut
Yup
oh ya i remember umich being wierd
btw can u read over my challenge essay for MIT?
Lol sure
i finally got it down to 250 words and got the Ashley stamp of approval
“Thanks everyone and good night!” As the applause faded, I cheerfully ran to high-five my teammates. A group of hackathon-enthusiasts, we had just organized our first high-school hackathon at MIT CSAIL, called MAHacks. Inspired by its success, we eagerly drew up plans for our next event. However, talks of “bigger and better” quickly faded as I began to lose contact with my team. Although I served as team director, being the only junior in a group of seniors, I was helpless as everyone succumbed to “senioritis,” their motivation sent off with their college applications. As my attempts to regroup were continually ignored and our progress screeched to a halt, I felt trapped in an unworkable situation. Finally, with event day looming, I decided I had to take on a seemingly-impossible task: starting over. I painstakingly recruited a new team and redistributed tasks. In the following weeks, we spent countless hours in Boston meeting with sponsors, touring venues, and catching up on lost time. I drew up a game-plan to cram six months of work into two. Amidst our daily grind, MAHacks began to break loose from the typical hackathon mold. We introduced new entrepreneurial workshops. “Solving community problems” became our event theme. I soon realized this “setback” had galvanized me to instill my own personal values and creative vision into MAHacks, challenging me as a leader, teammate, and entrepreneur. Smiling, I left our second event with the unshakable feeling that, along with MAHacks, I too, had grown “bigger and better.”
I like it
Gives more context, shows more of what the challenger was and how you faced it
And that you're huge lol
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Yeh I think it's good
That ap self studying section doe lol
lol
ok anything u would change
HEY that parts not readyy yetttt
The ap part seems a bit out of nowhere
im like taking complete advantage of the no word limit in the additioanl info section lmao
wdym?
oh well its an additional info section so I'm gonna put a bunch of things on different topics for clarification and stuff
Careful doe, they can only spend so much time on each of our apps so shoving a wall of text in their face could dilute some of your other stuff
On the other hand since you're not submitting a portfolio I do suppose those extra paragraphs will probably be better to flesh you out more
By the ap part I meant that it seemed a bit more like "I like testing" instead of I like learning
The only line you give a semblance to loving to learn is the last one
ah ok
Last sentence I meant
well there are only 3 sentences
so idk if i can fit love of learning anywhere else lmao
I thought you said that part had. I word limit lol
ya but I don't wanna make it horibbly long for the dilution factor. The primary goal was just to clarify that half of my AP testing was self-studied, cuz theres no where to indicate that in the other sections
and the learning was like a side thing
I guess the core of what I'm saying is that if I didn't know you and I read that I would want to know more about why you did that. Cuz anyone else could see it as just "this kid just wants dat ap grind time"
I'm also in quite the existential mood rn lol so I would advise not to listen too closely to what I say rn
ok lol i'll see about fixing that
I guess I'm at that point wondering if I tried hard enough
It's not like I spent each day until I passed out
There were days where I just sat back and listened to music while waiting for something to build or compile
ya but thats also valuable
Instead of doing something more benefactors like reading up on documentation
reading up on documentaiton would not helped u get into college, and would have minimal effect in helping u with other things as well
im saying if u had spent ur break time reading documentation instead of just sitting back
It's not about college anymore, I'm starting to wonder why fetch broke why the turtlebots algorithm is janky I'm starting to just wonder if I'm one of those ppl who will never reach there dreams because literally just physically I'm incapable
Sure those stories about ppl trying their hardest are nice but are they actually content with what they are doing
I guess it's not about being content but rather understanding yourself
But even then wouldn't it be frustrating to see that one day you're not who you thought you were or could be
There are millions of ppl who just die, be it from old age or accidents, that never achieved much, much as in what other ppl see but more importantly what they see in themselves
I suppose the direct answer would be "that's life" or "cest la vie"
But that's a shitty answer
That's just like saying, no, we can't break light speed
How frustrating is that
Maybe it's the shadow of failure that's looming over me right now or perhaps it's the crippling idea of self doubt
All I know is that I want to create
Create something that this world hasn't seen before, not simply for the novelty
But rather for itself
The desire to create meaning is what drives me
But what happens if there actually is no meaning
HOLY SHIT THAT WAS EDGY DAMN BOI
ya there really isn't meaning
Thx man that was super reassuring
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<3
I think I just went through a cycle of existential crisis, self doubt, self reflection, self contemplation, self debate, and finally, sarcasm and memes
and ya i feel u, I've thought a lot about that too, like regret and looking back in 30 yrs and wishing I had done xyz. That's why I'm unhealthily paranoid about taking all the opportunities that I get. I'm kinda chronically overloading myself bc I'm always afraid I will regret not doing something if I turn it down. It's fricking scary to think that if you say end up in dorm 34 in college u could be the next Zuckerberg or Eduardo, but if your dorm 33 you can end up as a normal white worker.
all the "what ifs" in life kill me
and about the meaning of life, ya I really don't think there is a meaning, its really just what goals you want to set urself onto. creating meaning is creating meaning -for urself- right so as long as u think its meaningful than it is
Yeh
personally I think I'm driven by the desire to create as much positive impact on the ppl in the world as I can. I want to leave the earth knowing I bettered it
and also I want to be remembered so I can continue living in history
and won't actually die
but the second one is my selfish drive, the first one is my selfless drive and both motivate me a lot
I used to think that since life has no meaning that makes life so much more meaningful living it But now I think it's more about since life has no meaning it's up to you to create meaning. Like a blank canvas it's nothing but possibilities but the catch is that there's only one canvas
Idk if I have a selfish or selfless drive if that's possible, it's more like the act of creating is what enraptures me to the point where it doesn't matter the motivation, the flame of it just exists
Sure if if another motivation whether it be selfish or selfless pops up it'll add to the palate
But it's not the palate or brush
I say this as Emacs crashes
Lmao
It's not like I feel content or happy when I "finish" making something. It becomes more like, what's next
I've never really broken it down that much before
Maybe I'm just creating for the sake of creating
Idk at this point
Perhaps when I get the point where I've made something bigger and better I'll come back to rethink this point
ah
well u don't necessarily need a reason to create
(unless u want funding)
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but then u can just say something about militarys and disasters and then spend all the money on a useless jumping robot
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I say all this but I still don't think all creations are equal from even conception to realization in the real world
When I told josh that I didn't find any of his projects interesting it's actually how I feel with a lot of different tech rn in real life
Maybe I'm so drawn to legged locomotion because it gives the possibility of being so much more than just " another machine"
Machines can only go so far and I believe that true for art tools
*too
Perhaps I just want to create something that will surpass what I can create
And in that paradoxical pursuit I find myself wondering what that could be
Though I suppose I'll never find out until I actually make it
Wow I just poured a lot of shit out lol
Maybe I should go to sleep
lol
thats interesting
and ya u should
i should to
Maybe I'll put this convo up on my wall lol
lol
Sun, Dec 31st 2017, 9:44 am
wow
this Stanford roomate essay is quite... something
Virtually all of Stanford's undergraduates live on campus. Write a note to your future roommate that reveals something about you or that will help your roommate — and us — know you better. (100 to 250 words) I don’t make concrete [non-tentative] plans often, but if we decide to meet somewhere on campus for lunch or to go out for dinner, don’t bail on me. If you commit to doing something with me, go through with it. If it ends up being horrible we’ll do something else. Hot water gets me thinking. You’ll quickly get used to me stepping out of the shower or a hot tub wondering why humans (and not manatees) have the power of rational thought and creativity. If you don’t like TV or movies, you’re in trouble; I can and will relate nearly any situation to Family Guy, Archer, Zoolander, Anchorman, or South Park. Furthermore, prepare to be shown many irreverent clips from dozens of different shows and films [is there a single word to describe shows and films?]. I love to sing. Everyone else hates it, because I’m horrible at singing. I know all of the lyrics to any song after 2-3 listens, and I will Google a song’s lyrics just to prove myself right (and you wrong, if it comes to that). If I’m wrong, I’ll accept defeat. It would be prudent for you to do the same. I will stay in my towel for anywhere from ten minutes to an hour after I shower. When I text you, I expect a response promptly. I have no patience for someone who takes three days to get back to me with just a “k,” and I will call you out on it. If I’m peeling a banana and accidentally make a hat by peeling a circle around the top of it, I will show you.
"If I'm wrong I'll accept defeate. It would be prudent for you to do the same" lmao
this person sounds pretty scary
Sun, Dec 31st 2017, 1:48 pm
that girl sounds like a no no
as in
no no, I don't want to talk to you
DID U JUST ASSUMER GENDER
:O
IT SAYS THAT PERSON STAYS IN A TOWEL FOR UP TO AN HOUR
no respectable guy does that
its actually a dude
XD
holy shit
are you serious
lol yes but this guy isn't very respectable
hot damn
is this what they look for at weedtown lol
the comments on college confidential completely roasted him
did he get in?
"Generally, I tell posters that it is not a good idea to post their essays because they risk someone submitting it as their own. However, I am fairly confident that nobody will steal this essay. I always try to find something positive to say in a critique, so: Kudos on giving an example of what not to write for the Stanford roommate essay. If this is supposed to be serious, I'd suggest starting over."
it didn't say
damnnnnnn
he was posting his draft
that's quite the roast
that roast probably burned his towel
"Remove the "to prove myself right and you're wrong" after you talk about song lyrics. You sound childish and stubborn. Remove all of this -- If I’m wrong, I’ll accept defeat. It would be prudent for you to do the same. I will stay in my towel for anywhere from ten minutes to an hour after I shower. When I text you, I expect a response promptly. I have no patience for someone who takes three days to get back to me with just a “k,” and I will call you out on it. Don't even try to rephrase that. You sound annoying and childish for already putting all these rules on your roommate. You sound childish for being so hurt by text messages. Some people just don't care about texting and will not text you back. The whole thing sounds like a threat and makes you seem incredibly overbearing."
ya damn this person is like extreme david but creepier
LOL
damn boi
this person would hate how I treat social media lol
"if I'm wrong I will accept defeat. It will prudent for you to do the same" lmao i can't get over this line
it so funny in how out of place it sounds
I wonder if that person actually wrote from the deepest part of their heart
and that came out
it must've been pretty crushing to have ppl from collegeboard tell him he's a wuss lol
thats a pretty sad existence man
if that came from the heart
lol
or maybe he had abusive parents idk i'll try not to judge
btw how did u format ur MIT activity list?
one sec
I just wrote a little paragraph for the description
oh ok
are you close to being done now? Considering you know
"@mommyrocks‌ thank you for your advice. After reading the comments and looking at my writing again, I realized that I do indeed come off as overbearing and somewhat vindictive like @surfer2attorney said. "
wow, despite their initial impression from their essay
this person takes criticism well
perhaps they were just _really_ off on how they convey themselves in writing
ya i'm just doing activity section now
and then I'm gonna have Ashley read through my entire package and then submit
i might add a bit more to the additional info
LOL
damn you sure want to use that additional info section
bruh its perfect! no word limitit
and the rest of MIT's app is so restrictive
yeh it really is
I wonder why
"Love jamming out with teammates while working on robots 24/7 before our international competition (GCER) every year. Botball is family."
<3
I'm putting that as my description.
LOL
you sappy
ya lol i usually hate cheese but i'm letting it pass this time
my og description was so bland, i just listed some awards and shit so
gotta have that sap
funnily enough, I actually did a similar thing
wrote about how making the team feel like a family is just as important as working hard and building the robots
<3
wait in ur activity section?
yeh
damn boi 40 words
I gave the shortest summary of botball I could lol
gotta throw in autonomous
cuz that's what separates us from FIRST
:')
lol
what if is say "Sci Oly is 2nd family"
ouch that would be kinda bad cuz i wrote an essay about it
LOL
yeh...
I actually didn't mention sci oly in my activities section
just mentioned the 6th place
esp since in my interview
when I told her about how I ended up joining
she said, "haha, so it's basically another excuse for you to make more robots?"
and in my head I thought, "holy shit, you got meh"
actually, now that I think about it
I don't actually really do a lot of school extracurriculars lol
lmao
lmao
wait what were ur 4?
is that going to be my downfall? :')
I shouldn't think about that
fuk
Robots, Botball, Papercrafts, and paper
not sure whether or not to replace the paper with sci oly
Didn't you do Botball, Sci Oly, Youth Cities, and MAHacks?
ya
wait whats paper
paper and papercrafts?
ppr from sophomore year
the wut
was that ur internship?
did you know I was in your bio and chem class?
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lol what does ppr stand for
i thought u worked for aptima
I made a paper in botball remember, and then presented it lol
OOH that kind of paper
ppr stands for paper
lol nice
tho i feel like thats more of a scholastic distinction than an activity
cuz like what did u put for the hours and weeks?
da fuk is a scholastic distinction
its not really a regularly occuring activity
the awards section
awards / distinctions
oh truuu
alright, I'mma put sci oly in then
thx thx
wow you sure know what you're doing
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i have carefully and exhaustively studied the MIT application form since 9th grade
that's uh
damn
jk
like 10th grade
wait, how many weeks does sci oly take place for lol
im not obssessed
yeh, that helps your case a lot bruh lol
i said 36
alrighty
for all my clubs
really?? Isn't botball a lot more
like 45-ish
oh for Botball i did 38
we don't do botball for only like 2-ish months lol
36 is how many weeks are in a school year
and i added 2 weeks for GCER and extra meetings
alright, I'll put 38 too then
gotta keep consistency
or I can put like 900
lol
well i guess 36 is in pure numbers tho, technically the school yr is longer
in weeks
how about we just settle on 40
actually nvm i just counted
if u take out the breaks and stuff its 36
i forgot that I had actually counted them before as well
so 36 or 38?
38 for botball
kkkk
38 botball, 36 sci oly
time to write something about sci oly lol
We compete in monthly Regional Meets and annual State Meet and placed 6th (2016 & 2017) in Massachusetts. SciOly’s more than doubled in size since its founding. Our focus now is giving back to the community through educational outreach programs.
i tailored my description to feed into my app essay tho
Oh, I was going to be a bit more memey
so u might want to have diff focus
lol ya sure
and talk about making 20 dollar shit in my basement
"I am in charge of all the engineering and building events, such as robot arm in which I placed 2nd regionally, not bad for a budget of 20 bucks. In states we placed 6th in 2016 & 2017."
Is this too memey
hmm, actually on average how many hours do we spend at botball...
i said 6
wait actually i said 7
cuz of all the basement days lol
LOL
yeh I felt like 6 is kinda short
I did some rough estimates
and I think the total number of free time we have if we optimize everything is around 70 hours a week
not factoring in HW
factoring in HW that probably goes down to half lol
(HW including studying)
so around 45 hours
but then there's transportation time everyday
so cut down like 5 or 6 hours per week
leaving only around 40 hours
oh lol
ya i've tried to estimate it. In junior yr I put arule on myself to always be working at least 2/3 of my concious hours
and the other 1/3 is mainly transportation, eating, showering etc.
and i only get free time after I've fulfilled my 2/3
it worked for a while until I burned out
lol, maybe I should change how I organize my things/time then
also it makes u realize how much time we spend just walking or eating or talking
I consider my personal robos as free time
why do you think I listen to robo lectures while eating and working out? :')
lol tru
ya getting audible has been so helpful
I was also estimating with 6 hours of sleep
so to be "healthy"
it should've been 8 hours
so subtract 14 hours
and that leaves 26
but that's so low
smh
oh lol
ya on my daily schedule i had 5 hours allotted for sleep
as a maximum
i was kinda crazy in jr yr, no wonder I burned out
Wat
how did you burn out
5 hrs
is so much
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are you freaking insane bruh
ya... like u k the red botball notebook i used to carry around?
I would plan every hr of my day, and make sure I was doing work for at least 2/3 of my concious hours
I would always schedule things up to 2 AM, estimating my wakeup time to be 7
bruh
bruhhhhhhhhhhh
i've learned my lesson now
i'm only scheduling up to 1 am now
wow
nice improvement
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have u ever burned out significantly?
actually funny thing is what got me out of the burnout was the GCER cram sess this yr lol
nope never burned out significantly
if I ever get close I usually just end up sick lol
which kind of resets it for me
gotta love weak immune/respiratory systems
helping you out in jams that are questionably helpful
lol
btw did u put GCER as a summer activity?
how many hours did u put
oh wait
I need to check
well let's see
we spent like 8 hours per day there
for 3 weeks
8 * 7 = 56
er wait
that seems like a lot
lol
I put down 40
there are 168 hours a week
and with 8 hours of sleep
that leaves 112 hours
and lets say there's 14 hours per week for transportation and shit
with some food and some self-hygeine
leaves like 95 hours per week
of pure anything we want during the summer
wait wut
I'm saying your summer hours shouldn't go over like 100 hours max or else it'll be unrealistic
and that I put 40 hours for botball in the summer
ah ok
dat feel when you realize all you do relates back to robos
oh god
well
thats not a bad thing
"Robotics isn't viable" -Google
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pressing that submit button is actually so nerve wracking
are u doing it now?
I'll do it tomorrow at 11:58 pm
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lmao
Sun, Dec 31st 2017, 8:05 pm
alright, all that's left to send is MIT...
I'm sorry grandma I just found out my grandmother died this morning. When I visited last I showed some interest in Johns Hopkins. I knew I was never a good enough applicant to be accepted there, but for some reason she always thought I would get in, and go there and visit her all the time. I'm sorry granny, I guess i'm not good enough. I just found that on reddit holy crap that's depressing
holy shit
.....
btw u k whats also depressing
MIT's fricking additional info section has a 600 word limit
BUT THEY DON'T SAY THAT ANYWHERE
MY ADDITIONL INFO IS AT 1300 WORDS WTF
LOL
BRUH
yeh MIT's app is pretty jank
I found out when i clicked "save"
oh did, you click the
but it still didn't tell me what the limit was
yup
that's how
lol
so i slowly shaved off sentences
until it accepted it
lmao
to find the word limit
i'm really not digging MIT's website right now
that's either some hard core trolling or a grievous oversight
holy shit, did you just say you didn't like something related to MIT?
Who the fuck are you
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yeh, it's really strange how their website is laid out
it's almost like it never got updated past 2010
lmaoo
is this too edgy
or do u think MIT admissions officers will have a sense of humor
i'm putting a link to a webpage in my additional info section, and I made it a TinyURL that reads "https://tinyurl.com/pleaseacceptme"
img
Bet you thought Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg started young. While still in school, these young entrepreneurs are trying to have an impact on the world around them.
XD I think i'm gonna keep it
you look like a nerd
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tiny arms
that's pretty funny
why you been using the "XD" so much lately?
I am?
probably cuz memes
did u check ur essays before u submit?
bc myMIT has been cutting out random words from my paragraphs
Mon, Jan 1st 2018, 11:27 am
really?
That's weird
did you use the "preview" button?
ya
I submitted tho
THE DEED IS DONE
congrats!!!!
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thx
idk why I'm doing this
but I'm on reddit reading stories about ppl who got rejected from literally all their schools
geezus
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bruh
go watch some anime
or romcoms
are u done with submitting?
still reviewing MIT
but then still got UMich and WPI in feb
some kid got rejected from all 9 schools with a 3.6 uw, 4.5 w GPA?
I don't even know if that's bad, ok, or good GPA anymore lol
I think that's like ok but not great gpa
cuz of the uw
the w is trippy bc some schools have 5 or 6 or scales
6?!
bruh
ya. so weighted is dumb
also remember the GPA is like one of the smallest things on ur app
it's more about the rest of ur stuff
wait, I actually don't know if our GPA's are weighted or not
lmao
fuk
wdym
wait, the GPA's they show us on our transcript is weighted right?
so wouldn't 3.9 actually be a lot lower UW
welp shiz, should've applied to a 70%+ school
Winchester does unweighted wierd
an A and A+ are both 4.0
whereas our school has A as 3.7
welp shit, our uw must be pretty low by default then
that's why u have like the average uw GPA of UCB students is 3.95
no I mean colleges will recalculate
they don't send ur unweighted GPA to schools
you sure?
ah man idk why I'm even thinking about this stuff anymore lol
I'm pretty sure on the transcript the uw is not there
like remember the meeting with guidance?
yeh you're right
hot dayumn
I wish I knew the reason for why you can have random bursts of panic over something
bc prolonged panic is impractical for survival and no panic will kill you
thx evolution
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"I submitted my common app essay but realized I had a large space between paragraphs. Will this be bad?"
Holy shit
everyone on reddit is freaking out
it's like watching mass hysteria
in text form
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auto reject
Trying to figure out what to do...
Might as well just work out I suppose
Mon, Jan 1st 2018, 5:08 pm
yo
what's cooler
a biped or a quadruped
biped
well I feel like quadrepeds are slightly easier cuz balance?
yeh they are
whym
*why
do u ask
looking for the next thing to make
alright
just submitted MIT
I guess I should go study for midterms now
bruh
midterms week is all half days
you'll be fine
I'm not actually sure how to spend the rest of my day lol
hey hey wanna write my stanford app for me
holy fucking shit
you didn't finish that yet?!
BRUH
nope
im doing the last question
alright, I'mma help ya
then gotta go back and edt
nah its ok
but i'll let u k when i need editing
I'mma read all dat juicy unedited paragraphs
HMMMMM UNEDITED WRITING
that felt creepy to say
"Thrown into the room of artist"
Mon, Jan 1st 2018, 11:49 pm
whoa, napping from 7pm really screws with you
lol
I'm not going to school tomorrow ntw
Wat
20% bc college apps and 80% bc I don't want to XD
senioritis is hitting so hard
Aren't u done doe
Holy shit bruh, midterms haven't even started lol
ya I wasn't able to finish stanford cuz I was out most of the day doing family stuff for new years
Wait wat, you didn't submit weedtown?!
well they're pretty finalized like I can probably finish in 2 or 3 hrs
nope
it's due tonifht
Oh Jan 2
?
Ahh ic ic
I think I need a change of pace so I'm going to school tomorrow
Tue, Jan 2nd 2018, 10:11 am
How's grinding
lol I just woke up
woops
Bruh
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on the brightside i found this sicc catchy beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_gRaCpItpA
i'm planning on submitting before Ashley leaves for Chicago, around 3 PM
Nice nice
I've just been working out
ah speaking of which i broke the contract with Tanishk woops
i'll go workout tomorrow instead
Bruh
U better lawyer up asshhole
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hey can u read one of my essays
or are u in class rn
I'm working out rn lol
lmao
I typed that while doing push ups
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wow
i'm proud of u
but hey wanna read my essay while doing puhsuo
jk whenever u have free time just hmu pls
You can send it now
I'm just doing weights
Somewhere in space, my code wooshes by at 30,000 kilometers-per-hour. Yes my code. That jumble of wordy comments and sketchy bug-patches I had thrown together during my internship at Accion-Systems. I sometimes peer up at the night sky and wonder if I could spot the satellite using my code for its propulsion system. What is it doing? Collecting weather data perhaps? Or MAYBE conducting secret military reconnaissance over Afghanistan. I’ll go with the second one. I know, it’s absurd. But this unshakable feeling, that years of self-taught knowledge and practice have culminated in a tangible effect on the world -- this is why I wake up every morning excited to learn. I have always been more compelled by what learning allows me to do rather than the simple accumulation of facts: Learning basic circuitry in 6th grade allowed me to create an ultrasonic glove to help my blind classmate better navigate the school halls. Learning to play my grandpa’s favorite Chopin ballade touched his heartstrings, and mine. Months of learning and practice led to the first time my robot *whirred* and *clicked* to life. To me, learning is the ultimate actuator, granting me the ability to mold and shape the world around me and to touch the lives of others. Each piece of knowledge is a backstage pass to access the whirring gears and pistons of the great universal machine. Although I have only one pair of hands, the power of learning has extended my reach 2000 kilometers into space.
Imao actuator
Technically your hands would be an Omni transversal gear
i hope those english majors know what that is
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Jk jk
That term was made up
I'm sure English majors know words
I like it though
ok
anything i should change?
The pair of one hands
I would like to see a bit more expansion on the last sentence if possible
wdym by expansion
Cuz it doesn't directly tie back with the learning part
It's about ur hands and ur reach
If you read just that sentence and your beginning it seems a bit disconnected
ok
Though I doubt you have the space to expand
How many words you at
i should make my imagery a little more handsy
250
but i can cut down on some places
Yup yup
like emphasizing how bad my own code is :'(
Lol
Yeh, those English majors won't know what a comment is
Maybe take out sketchy too
they probably don't k what an internship is
maybe i should just scrap it and list abunch of computer language
Since you're talking about a professional satellite in space lol
Bruh
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*I'm excited to learn bc of how many languages I know! SO MANY LANGUAGES!"
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Don't meme so hard near your due date pls lol
That's dangerous
true true
ok anything else?
Hmm not really substance wise
Got anything else for me to read?
I'm about to shower
not yet
Alright I'll just read them all anyway
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Jk jk
You got this!
thx thx
Tue, Jan 2nd 2018, 2:59 pm
roy boioboiboiboiboi
can u read over something real quick
oh btw I chose not to do "I"M GETTING FAT GOTTA HIT THE GYM"
for my extra hr prompt lmao
What did you do?
i did brushing up on my mandarin so I can finally have a full conversation with my grandparents
lol
Wow nerd
Jk jk
which i've been thinking about doing anyways after college app ends
oh but can u read this and tell me if its too wierd:
That's one of the most wholesome things I've heard say
- Name one thing you are looking forward to experiencing at Stanford. (50 word limit) Being surrounded by nerds. Quirky nerds. To be able to ponder out loud why men have nipples without getting weird looks, or discuss the merits of quantum computing late through the night. At Stanford, I want to build meaningful friendships forged by our burning curiosity and shared love of learning.
This is Stanford not Stacy dude
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Jkjk From what I've seen and talked with Stanford kids I don't think they're that outlandish
Like that nipple thing is really out there
lol true but its a valid qustion i actually pondered.
maybe i belong at stacy
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also Stanford ppl call themselves the "nerd nation"
Typical Nerds don't talk about male nipples bruh
Lol
fineeeeee
whats something else that I pondered out loud
the existence of free will
OH YO THIS ACTUALLY EXISTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJAusAGpAZQ
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this is my common app personal statement. it is 648 words. i spent a very long time on it. enjoy. thank you appsademia for inspiring the idea for this video!...
holy shit
Idk, if that's what you're actually looking forward to at weedtown then I think you should put it down but if it was more to show quirkyness then perhaps tone it down
Yeh I saw that
oh really
That was my second reason not to mention that lol
oh lol
wait did she get in to stanford
Pretty sure she did
LOL
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So there are bounds to be multiple kids looking for something to write about that mentions that
Just cuz of the internet
true
i have one more question left which is the event in history
Did you mention q computing since neither of us know anyone who does it lol
You're not going to revise the looking forward at Stanford one?
Hmmm you could mention the moon landing
Or perhaps woz and jobs making apple
What theme does your supps have?
nah well what do u think i should change about it besides toning it down?
my other idea was talking about the wierd on-campus events Stanford holds, and talking abotu destressing with friends by going to those events
but both are pretty basic
third is getting involved in their hacker community, treehacks, but thats less of an "experience" and more what i plan to do at Stanford
Idk if I was going to be brutally honest with you I thought your og one was a bit basic
Cuz it essentially boils down to having intellectual conversations
Un momento pot favor
I'm walking home rn so no internet
ok
Baking
*back
What were we discussing?
ok how about u read over my app and tell me what u think would fit in the historical event question and the looking forward question
if u have time
Kkkkkkkkkk
wait
NOT YET
Bruh lol
Didn't Ashley leave too
i need to label the ends of my essays lmao
ok
u can look now
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-8XLL6IUgIUnkPIqa9rMbPIYBN9l32flq1uH_0oC3WU/edit?usp=sharing
the main themes i think are I'm into STEM and Entrepreneurship, but I'm pretty curious about a lot of other things.
I'm trying not to box myself in
I saw the Ahmerst admissions video
but i do think I get my pt about STEM and entrepreneurship across, especially with my activities list
"This girl is a bit too much 'in-the-box,' let's vote" -> no hands raised -> "waitlisted"
ya i remember that
alright, Ms Hession said she can write a rec for me :')
so I got Petty and Hession
*whew
nice!
hmm, I kinda liked Carlson's doe, eh too late now
u saw carlson's letter of rec?
nah, but carlson said it turned out well
oh
and plus if what Petty said was true about our recs looking similar
that would hurt all of us lol
I also like "power pose"
yay
that was my harvard supp
that i converted into my new common app
"modern hacker culture encourages flashy projects with no real-world application beyond the 24-hours of their inception"
hey
what the fuck man
that's not cool
:'(
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da heck
the building of the pyramids
I thought you only liked things with applications
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lol wait what does a historical event with appplications look like
The Wright Brothers making their airplane lift off
that's like one of the biggest ones lol
nah i was just being honest about what fascinates me. wasn't trying to push an obvious theme like "the founding of the first hackathon"
well maybe but everyone knows how the airplane was built
why do u need to see it
you're fascinated with rocks in the shape of a triangle?
I believe there's a fundamental difference between "hearing" and seeing
you can hear about how great smart phones are
but you don't get it until you see it with your own eyes and experience it yourself
that's a recent example
lol
well i'm sure you've seen plenty of smart phones close up tho
lol ur talking abotu experiencing
which is lilke if I built the first airplane myself
idk i find it kinda boring to just "watch" something if I already k what happened.
like i wouldn'tr eally get much from the experience
Tell that to me when we see Atlas do a flip irl and have the broken pieces smash into our faces
maybe seeing how woz and jobs came up with apple, that i would learn from
Jobs: "Woz, I'm going to take your machine and kick you in the balls" Woz: "ok"
jk jk
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However, everything changed when the fire nation attacked.
Do you think the AO's are young enough to get that lol
if we assume that most of them are mid 20's
oh shit
wait wait wiat
lol that was a joke
put in for when ashley read it
LMAO
the last episode was from like 2005
ignore that
25 - 13 = 12
nvm the AO's would probably get it lol
lol i forgot that was still there
did u really think i put that into my essay
nvm, you're over the word limit lol
want me to take that out
well I mean, you talked about sucking dude's nipples so
ye sure
wow
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its a valid question bc biologically they're useless
ok
OK
LOL I see you put highschool as one word
to keep you at that smooth 250
I actually like the toned down ver of your looking forward to essay
"Being surrounded by nerds. Quirky nerds. To be able to ponder out loud the existence of free will without getting weird looks, or discuss the merits of quantum computing late through the night. At Stanford, I want to build meaningful friendships forged by our burning curiosity and shared love of learning."
It's pretty good and fits well after reading the rest of your app
I mean I suppose you can ask why girls have clitorises
if you want to be original
and still freaking weird
lmao
well they're not useless ;)
pls nu
ok anything i should change
overall
hmm, not really
you just gotta finish the history one lol
well, since you like star wars so much
why not the moment when George Lucas thought it up and started to write it down and shiz?
or maybe when Woz presented the PC to Jobs and Jobs realized how big the technology could be
that instance of Jobs understanding and realizing the possible future in front of him, going on to pitch his vision and dream to others
hmm ok
I personally actually really like the Woz n' Jobs one lol
but what do i get from just watching his facial expressions change
i feel like I wouldn't learn anything
I'm talking about him making an "o" face and saying fuck yes lol
I'm talking about when he explains his vision of the computer to Woz and shit
ah screw it the admissions officers are not gonna overthink this lol so i should probably stop overthinking
When Jobs tells Woz about how great it could be and Woz is like "meh idk man"
“Steve Jobs played no role at all in any of my designs of the Apple I and Apple II computer and printer interfaces and serial interfaces and floppy disks and stuff that I made to enhance the computers. He did not know technology. He’d never designed anything as a hardware engineer, and he didn’t know software. He wanted to be important, and the important people are always the business people. So that’s what he wanted to do.” -Woz
hot damn Woz lol
What about Eduardo doe RIP
damn
wait is there anything else i should change abotu stanfod app
did u read all my essays?
yeh I read all of them
I read them like what we think an AO would
8 minutes total
content wise I think you said probably what you aimed to do
There's nothing I would change
and you know I don't like to nitpick like your phrasing unless it's unreadable lol
I actually don't understand why ppl do that, since it's always attributed to how they would word it, resulting in the loss of your own voice and the possibility of it being still unclear to others
ok
are you going to submit after you write the history one?
Wait, wasn't the plan to be done before Ashley left?
ya
lol
woops
lol it's alright man
you got this
want me to do another read through before you submit to help catch any typos n' stuff?
ya sure
that would be coolio
actually ifu have time woudl u mind reading like my entire app
with the activities section
bruh
jk jk
yeh sure
oh wait, when ppl mean recycle essays they mean like actually just copy paste?
lol I thought it was taking ideas and perhaps some sentences at most from another essay
welp
i mean it could mean both
like i copied and pasted most of my things from one of my MIT essays for the last Stanford one
cuz it worked pretty well with the prompt
like there's not reason not to if u think u worded it the best way in a previous app
tru
but apparently there are ppl who directly copy pasta
and leave the college names in
oh well ya
theyre dumb
or they're just shotgunning as hard as they can lol
I'm not trying to sound like a douche or anything
but have you ever found it strange that there are people who's main goal is to just work at a big company?
Like working at Google or Microsoft
nah I don't think it's strange
I have a really hard time wrapping my head around it
bc they probably like the work that the company does
just like u want to work for BD
lol, I wanna learn from them
but when it comes down to it
I want the freedom to be able to do my own projects
OH SHIT IT'S MY ARTIST SIDE SHOWING UP AGAIN
OH GOD
u can't do that if u don't have money lol
hey hey, fuk u
:'(
and also doing ur own projects makes ur scope and potential impact a lot smaller than if u had the resources of Google or Microsoft
so some ppl might want to tackle bigger projects
and Google and Microsoft work on so many things they can probably have a good range of choice
Back in Da Vinci's day you had to be an artist if you wanted to be able to be an engineer now it's more like you need to be an engineer to comfortable pursue art
yup
Google let go of so many robo places lol
maybe I'm also concerned about being clumped together in this one "entity"
fuck socialism
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wdym by clumped together into one entity
maybe it's cuz I value the product or creation a whole lot more than any name or company lol
I mean regardless of what u do ur gonna have to work with others on projects lol.
unless u do robots in ur basement all day
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I mean, would you rather make your own company or be stuck in Google for the rest of your life?
^^^ That's like the most blunt way I can put it
well no one is "stuck in google" cuz everyone has to really try in order to even get to Google lol and u can quit
and I'd definitely work for Google if I had the chance, but I would probably quit and start my own company after I think I've learned what I wanted from the experience
you know what I meant by stuck lol, just staying there
and yeh, that's how I would to play things out too
I mean whatever I find will accomplish my goals, I'm down
so that's why I don't fully understand ppl who just want to land a job and stay there
oh well some ppl just have different goals
I guess it just boils down to ppl having different goals and stuff
LMAO
hey hey, stop saying what I'm saying
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it's creepin' me out
and some ppl don't even care that much about what they work on, they just wanna live a happy life with friends and family
so stable jobs are their end game
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that sad feel when Jobs couldn't keep his family life remotely happy
that sad feel when Woz had like 3 divorces
but hey, Zuckerberg is doing fine
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ya tru
he married his first gf that's really wholesome
and then he fucked Eduardo
wait wat
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true
also elon musks personal life is pretty shitty too
I mean the dude seems to have really strange ideas on how relationships work according to people's accounts who have been close with him lol
ya
but I'd choose to be elon musk over zucjerberg life
ill be a miserable anti-social eccentric but hey look how many industries I'm revolutionizing. also my ego would still be relatively in check
and you'll still have your bros lol
elon musks a pretty humble person consideri n his accomplishments
truu
all the bros but no girls
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I could buy infinit cold ones with that moneu
LMAO
wait, if there's a red line on your app that means it doesn't exist right? so everything is a-ok? idk why I'm having a mini panic attack over something so small now lol
?
wdym
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ya it means it doesn't exist
or it would be the yellow dot
but I would also make sure u got a confirm email from all the achools
gotta love awkward confirmation systems
When Steve Wozniak showed Steve Jobs his hobby PC project. I want to see the look on Jobs’ face as he realizes the potential held in that tiny chip. I want to hear and understand his thought process, and learn from his amazing foresight and creative vision for the future.
how doe it sound
also how does this sound
Being surrounded by creative nerds. I want to be able to suggest exceedingly-nerdy projects and be met with resounding interest, from running a sci-fi-themed hackathon to creating our own personalized AI. I want to build meaningful friendships with people who are just as excited to create as I am.
i think the topic is better, the wording might be a little awkward. let me k
changed it again to this: Being surrounded by nerds who are excited by future technologies, who will eagerly join me in a million nerdy endeavors, from running a sci-fi-themed hackathon to creating our own personalized AI. I want to build meaningful friendships with people who are just as excited to create as I am.
yoyoyo u wanna read before i submit?
lo siento I was asleep lol
I like the second one
and the woz n' jobs one is pretty good too
SUBMITTE
FUCK YEA
IM DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE
CONGRATS!
hey hey
wanna help me with UMich and WPI?
ya sure
i forgot ur not done
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I think I'll take this week off and start writing them on the weekend
that's probably a good idea
holy shit I just spent 2 hours on college reddit threads
I-I think I have a problem
bruh
how do I stop this
work on some robos?
this is freaking my out lol
watch some rom coms
watch some anime
watch some porn
I think I'll go study
or that
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how da fuk did I stoop so low
:(
bruh lol ur fine
its normal thing to do
just like puberty?
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Damnit
The simulator I need is only for windows or mac
I know I dualboot but it's such a hassle
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I should probably go do hw instead lol
Imma try to aim for a biped design but if it turns out that the calculations point to &$$$$ motors imma go for a quadruped
Actually quadrupeds might be even more expensive depending on how big they are
Fuk it, simulations first
Er drama hw first for tonight
Sorry, I find small rants like this a quick and ez way to organize my thoughts lol
lol np
i still need to do english hw but i've procrastinated the shit out of it
I feel
Wed, Jan 3rd 2018, 9:49 am
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The r in legged locomotion stands for real world applications
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R u in school today?
yup
Holy shit
What if we make a legged skateboard
ro
roy
please
no
that defeats the purpose of a skateboard lmao
No it doesn't
It still goes vroom vroom
Do have workout clothes lol
no
who needs workout clothes
Bruh lol
lol
isn't it just lifting things
I'm in jeans lmao
Bruh
Wait didn't you work out in the past?
ya but that was the summer so i was just in shorts
i just wore what i was wearing lol
lmaooo
I think you need some of those kind of clothes
woops
i actually need to get my shit together for college
first impressions amirite
Buff buddies
yeee
U at the gym rn?
Imma call u
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
lol whatsup
yo
wanna smash
Roy u coming to bois night
You called Foxy Roxy.
sorry :'(
love you mah boi
what you guys doing?
probably a board game or movie
oh waijt r u actually comin
if I finish before like 2 am lol
bruhhh
you had pretty good gains doe
not gonna lie
lol thanks
u done with rwdc?
nope
smhsmh
tell everyone i said hi
lol
wait you guys had a botball meeting??
wait, what happened?
well we just kinda got on the topic of botball
But why didn't jenn and I get informed
wdym?
The post on important info
oh we posted it in the officer chat first, did u have anything u disagreed with about the schedule?
can you read the officer chat one if you haven't already
Nah but it was strange to just have it pop up w/o much opportunity to go over it before it getting posted
and we can always change it if we want but its basically exactly what we talked about before break about how we wanted to break up into smaller groups and do strat brainstoring
cuz we all agreed on this since way at the start of the yr right
Wait why are you typing so much lol
we didn't really come up with anything different
Do u think I'm mad or something lol
lol u sounded pretty put off
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Nah boi u know me by now
lol well i'm pretty sure Jen is pissed off
Plus I trust u guys judgement
Yeh she is a bit miffed
about what part?
Sorry if I sounded mad lol I'm just really tired
we can always take down the thing in important info if there are any problems with it lol i doubt many ppl have seen it
we just thought it was like all agreed on since the start of the yr
(this is mainly to Jen)
Nah she just feels as if she's been put on the backburner ever since she said she want going to gcer
well we tried to schedule a lot of botball meetings around her schedule lol
She meant in terms of group making lol
Btw she doesn't know I'm telling you how she feels
But I feel info that leads to better understanding is valuable
but she hasn't said anything against the groups that we've made which has basically stayed the same since months ago
Also if I was mad I'd be a lot more serious than a freaking chat msg lol, that's weak sauce
I would POWERMOVES
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And then fail
Perhaps it's just silent disproval idk man
Perhaps we just need to reach out to her more
ok so back when Max and David came up with a preliminary grouping list in discord, she commented this as feedback: "Interesting but well planned Ill just say this rn, but I probably cant lead a robo group thinking about just the team's benefit, its probs not a good idea, even if that means im not working on a main bot everything else seems fine-ish"
so we assumed (1) she thought the plan was fine, (2) she's ok with not working on a main robot (3) she doesn't want to lead a robo group
btw is there any chance you'll come to Max's house? or no
Er it's getting pretty late lol
My head is also fed lol
Idk what I've been typing in chat or in doc for the past couple hours
Man U wrote a lot about the jenn stuff lol
U ok?
Da bois r here
oh ya no cuz Jen and I talked and she seemed salty
cuz we wanted to put her with the "experienced team" instead of the "main team", but thats mainly bc we felt she would have a muhc bigger role if she were on the "experienced team"
Ohh
Yeh man I'm a bit too scatterbrained rn to have much deep thoughts I'll have to excuse me for a bit lol
y anp
*ya np
I'll have to excuse myself lol
Wut did I type
I'm nervous to look at old msgs to see how shit they are
lol it's ok
we just ended bois night
oh what time would u be available for a call tomorrow?
Awww
about botball
Idk I think I'll be at rwdc again tomorrow lol
I'll probs be free all day technically
welp
well Jen said she could be at a call tomorrow
so maybe u guys could call together lol
Oh ic ic
I can't believe you're undermining ppl still
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You douche face
Man the memes are REALLY piling up
ya it's kinda sad
Yeh...
U doing alright
U seem to get undeservingly in the center of this kind of stuff a lot
lol nah it's ok
I'm doing fine
maybe Max shouldve asked her about the groupings instead of me
plus I think times of struggle really show who ur real friends are
It's unfortunate that that's how it tends to be
Oh yeh
If you were still wondering why she was mad it was since she saw your convo with vara and that apparently tipped her over
Idk how you want to take that info but I think you at least deserve some understanding/knowledge
Though gossip is never a good thing
Did I just contradict myself lol
Fuk
ya I already knew she saw it
but apparently she was super pissed at me before for random reasons
Thu, Jan 4th 2018, 12:49 pm
Oh then idk
Outside is whiter than kylo ren's chest
lmao
Thu, Jan 4th 2018, 10:38 pm
not gonna lie
simulations take a lot more work than I thought
I now respect simulators a lot more now
wait, did no one else know about you benching lol
wait, let me cover it up
lol no
no to cover up or?
and lol no need to cover it up
no one else knew but I don't really mind
ahh
have you dual booted yet???
nope
bruhhh
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RWDC is draining meh
dude idk why u even joined
I said I could help them if they needed it
and then yup
bruh u could of just said u would help but not be on the team
I'm pretty bad at saying no and thinking of ways like that
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"hey kid u want some crack"
"hey kid can u help me bury this dead body"
"hey kid if you shoot this guy you can join me in making robots"
Jenn is rapping rn
wut
oh are u still at RWDC lmao
yes
lol
have fun :D
maybe you and Jenn can bond together by working on RWDC together
lol
no im good
alright
I'm done
time to get to simulating legged robots
nice!
are you sure you don't want to make legged skateboards?
ya lol
but we should talk abotu what we wanna do for our senior project
ok
what do you wanna do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wj-cSq_3kz0
Let's make this
Fri, Jan 5th 2018, 10:05 am
that a a pretty cool simulation
what if we did something with drones
NOT legged drones
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Sat, Jan 6th 2018, 5:25 pm
drones are boring though Josh
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well, I suppose it depends on what you have in mind with drones
killer AI micro drones
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founds like some liberal bullshit to me
wait wut
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hmm, I'm starting to realize why legged robots are so expensive now
lol
ya
actually an ai drone would b super cool
what would it do though
DISASTERS
Pterydactyls
drones aren't exactly the best platform for manipulating its environment
alright man, I see you memein' on meh
well what about autonomously mapping the environment
it can be used to find things maybe, find ppl if we do face tracking
this would be great for senior assassin lmao
but drones def have a lot more maneuverability then land robots for mapping environments
SLAM'ing on a drone is extremely hard rn lol, not many drones exist that can do that
cuz of sensor size and power
why you wanna build a drone for assassin' ppl.. HMMMM I got my eye on you now
as does the NSA
i k MIT Beaverworks had a summer track for high schoolers that was about navigation with autonomous drones
maybe it doesn't need to perform a whole SLAM but some kind of positional tracking and then object avoidance might do
then I'm sure a camera, IMU, and several ultrasonic sensors would do then for really crude positional tracking
but if the drone has a target then it could just base its position off of the target's and then worry about interfering obstacles as a side thing
well the target might not be in view
yeh tru, what would the drone do when the target gets shot
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idk that's just an idea i think is cool, if u have any other ideas shoot
it could be something more hardwarey bc this would be mainly software
this may sound like quite the twist
but I kinda wanna do something that has more direct impact/usability
*GASP*
did i just hear real-world-applications
same actually, I was thinking we should do a senior project that can test some kind of bigger concept, and if our shitty prototype ends up actually working it has the scalibility for a longer-term thing
Did you just talk business
rn my main interest is wearable AI, but the hardware portion is mainly jsut dependent on being very miniturizable, which is pretty much impossible with COTS electronics
hold on, I need you to translate that into binary so I can understand what you just said
01110011 01100001 01101101 01100101 00100000 01100001 01100011 01110100 01110101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00101100 00100000 01001001 00100000 01110111 01100001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01101110 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01110111 01100101 00100000 01110011 01101000 01101111 01110101 01101100 01100100 00100000 01100100 01101111 00100000 01100001 00100000 01110011 01100101 01101110 01101001 01101111 01110010 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101111 01101010 01100101 01100011 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01100011 01100001 01101110 00100000 01110100 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01110011 01101111 01101101 01100101 00100000 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01100010 01101001 01100111 01100111 01100101 01110010 00100000 01100011 01101111 01101110 01100011 01100101 01110000 01110100 00101100 00100000 01100001 01101110 01100100 00100000 01101001 01100110 00100000 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01110011 01101000 01101001 01110100 01110100 01111001 00100000 01110000 01110010 01101111 01110100 01101111 01110100 01111001 01110000 01100101 00100000 01100101 01101110 01100100 01110011 00100000 01110101 01110000 00100000 01100001 01100011 01110100 01110101 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 00100000 01110111 01101111 01110010 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110011 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01110011 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 00100000 01100110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01100001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01101110 01100111 01100101 01110010 00101101 01110100 01100101 01110010 01101101 00100000 01110100 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100111
there ya go
I mean wearable AI I think is still possible with COTS parts, it just won't be comfortable lol
how did you do that so fast
magic
the magic of online text to bin converter
but the AI part will have to very good if we want results from that though
hmm
this will need more ponderance
i gotta go do my english essay tho, but we should keep thinking of ideas
I wanna be CFO
wanna just make a google doc and each of us can add to it when we think of something
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yeh sure
I'll just pop one up
and a folder too in case we need to chart shit
ok sweet'
btw, have you seen Jibo?
It's the latest attempt from the robotics community to make an AI personal assistant
the home robot with the face?
yup yup
ya
the hardware was all there but the software rendered it more like a toy than a tool let alone a helper/companion
qelp
yeh, I feel like if the software was more close to google or amazon's PA systems then Jibo would've make a much bigger splash in the market
instead of ending up as a novelty
oh ya
he literally can't do anything lma
his movement is pretty cool tho
what does lma mean?
yeh, Jibo's movement is smooth af, those engineers who got that working could be working for Disney's Imagineers
*lmao
oh lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=126&v=D8mXL2JapWM
They just made drones that can herd sheep
lol
thats actually a pretty good application, for a niche customer base
or like
all of New Zealand
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true
Sun, Jan 7th 2018, 6:01 pm
coming up with ideas is harder than I thought
Sun, Jan 7th 2018, 9:20 pm
Do you mind if I take a look at your UMich app?
ya sure
i have the whole folder shared with u
alright, done with my first drafts of my final apps
WPI?
and UMich
nice. ru ready for editing?
yup yup
getting confused as to why isn't the main cell the best ppl
w/ juniors
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/7ov6mj/the_colleges_process_has_made_me_realize_that_sat/
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Because after a certain threshold you cross, the numbers stops mattering and shit like personality and how much money you have to give start to matter
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/311624746913628161/399777061876793355/2017-11-06_it-s-the-silence-that-keeps-him-up.jpg
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Modular Wearable Technology? Perhaps a piece of tech you can literally put on any piece of cloth and makes it a smart device
Mon, Jan 8th 2018, 10:10 am
We have so much physics work
Time to grind, working hard
wait wut
what physics work
Lab due wed
Free resp counter tomorrow
Mc quiz Friday
Chapter 5 stretch probs Friday
Lab due midterms
Lol
wtf
free resp. counter
Hefty amount of stuff lol
since when was there a counter :'(
i didnt' k dis
Didn't he tell you in class?
I think it's also on the calendar
Some of the ideas on the idea sheet are getting crazier and crazier lol
Tue, Jan 9th 2018, 10:17 am
What if we just attach wheels to the mousetrap
And leave it at that
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legged mousetrap vehicle
legged helicopter
Perfect
Tue, Jan 9th 2018, 2:16 pm
Where u at
Oh wait nvm lol
? lol
You working out????
ya lol
its leg day. I'm about to go to my appointment soon
You getting mad calves?
nah thighs are where it's at
You into thighs?
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Btw we have a working mousetrap vehicle now
Need to modify the base and stuff but we won't be dq'd now and it can move lol
noiiice
you got an ETA?
uh I'm still waiting to be seen, there's a lot of ppl here today for some reason
probably 7:30 to 8
LOL hot dayumn
your doc sure is popular
is he or she hot like Jenn's dentist?
lmao
he's a 50 yr old man dude
ahh
a silver fox
I understand
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Do you think AR is viable?
actually, before that question lol
how da heck did you get number 5 on the lab?!
can u give me the question?
nvm, the internet gave me a solid answer lol
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/99387/does-the-tension-of-a-rope-cable-change-if-acceleration-velocity-changes
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For example, imagine an object of a certain mass which is attached to a rope and is dangling in the air. The rope needs to have a certain tension to be able to hold the object up, that is, negate the
lol
shit
uh so my mom is pissed at me and she said I can't go to ur house
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Bruh
what time tomorrow?
Idk
I have tutoring tomorrow
Ben and I will try to wrap up mousetrap and call it a day
Ben and I have a lot of school work piled up so idk how much we can get done
I also might need some lab cheese depending on how far we get lol
ya I can give u my lab
and also if there's any hw that I could do i could do it for u if u guys are still working on mousetrap
We also need to make up some data logs lol
Nah dun worry about it
Ben and I handled stuff like this for three years now lol
lol
ok just lmk if u need me to do anything
and I can come help with helicopters after e club tomorrow
Ben and I ran out of time lol
Heli is going to be a meme
how long does the lab take again?
from phil:
Hey Roy I think it was Cheng or Chris who asked one of the officers (maybe you idk) about if the thermo build materials had arrived and they said they didn't know which materials exactly so I'll send you some pics so you can confirm whether or not they came these are the blankets:
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and this is the aerogel:
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Tue, Jan 9th 2018, 11:53 pm
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the mousetrap broke
this has been a terrible day
wait really
there are a few in the box lol
I slipped in the shower, I used some shitty body lotion
I got beat in ping pong
also do u still need the lab?
no update from Boston Dynamics
oh that would be nice to check answers
the robots from the Leg Lab are actually at BD I found out
that's pretty cool
Wed, Jan 10th 2018, 8:37 am
Physics is killing meh
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the lab?
Wowow, you have yet another addition to the Justin yu fan club lol
wait wut
Vara msgd in the chat that apparently Johanna fanned over you
Lmaoooo
oh right
idk
Me popular
*mr
I didn't get much sleep last night
really? why not
Ben and I worked on mousetrap until nine-ish
And then I had hw and studies and apps lol
shiit sorry I couldnt help :/
i got into a fight with my mom after the doctors lol
Wow this sticker thing is so stupid it's funny
and she refused to drive me to ur house
U doing alright? Parent fights are never fun
but in my defense i was just trying to convince her that vaccines are real sooooooo
my mom is literally anti-vax
but shes not a redneck
so idk how that works
Ur mom believes in green injection GMOs???
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Wait u got into an argument with ur mother over vaccines...
Da fuck lol
ya
well i've argued with her about vaccines for a while. theres a reason I don't get the flu vaccine every year
and also why i get sick with the flu like every yr XD
Wat, you don't get the flu vaccine
Bruh lol
this time the doctor strongly recommended i get the HBV and a few other vaccines for some deadly diseases
and so i was tryna argue with her thats important i get them
Well I guess you can maybe develop a great immune system lol
and shes like "wesstern medicine is a lie beep boop chinese medicine doesn't have vaccines blah blah these doctors don't k what their doing"
Wait yeh, when u get laid in ur first week of college you dun wanna get sick
LOL, beep hoop
Can you ask ur pops or something?
Wait does that mean Ashley went to college without those vaccines?!!?!
lol my dad listens to my mom
ya i guess
Alright so the goal is to be done with mousetrap by five ish
And then see what we can cobble together for heli
ok. Tanishk and I can be there at 4:30 at the latest
Tanishk wants to help with build events too btw
But then I'll have to shift gear to school work or else I. ded
ya that's fine
Wow you're pretty serious about working out
lol
did i tell u my dad was so excited that i went to workout once
he bought me an entire box of protein shakes from costco
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"Wow my son is finally a man"
I can imagine it how it went down lol
lol
I can leave early to go to ur house if u want
or u can just do hw until we arrive to help
Wed, Jan 10th 2018, 2:36 pm
How do you feel about the possibility that we won't have anything too presentable for helicopter
You guys working out rn?
ya
Mind if I join for a bit
Actually I can just go for a run later tonight
Nvm
oh ok
When you think you're going to be done?
probably 4:30
ETA?
I'm about to leave the school
Tanishk is gonna go home and then come back
so like 5 min for me
Kk
Call me when u here
actually I'm gonna pick up some food beforehand
do u want anything?
I can get us a six pack of cold ones
Lmao sure
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
ETA?
5 min lol sorry I got caught up in something
You picking up girls?
You called Foxy Roxy.
https://www.amazon.com/Victor-Metal-Pedal-Mouse-Trap/dp/B00C1NN4B6/ref=sr_1_6?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1515631734&sr=1-6&keywords=big+mousetrap
Thu, Jan 11th 2018, 10:55 am
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You're churning out a lot of quality memes these days
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the cold ones are my muse
oh also is it ok if I go to your house during lunch to check that mousetrap is all set to run?
No keys
I can't even get in lol
That's why I need to print my lab at the lib today lol, left it in the house
oh
wait but how are we gonna get the mousetrap after school
Mothers going to be back after school since I gotta go see the doc
oh ok
welp
can i take your hot glue gun and string to the meet
Idk about the whole spool of string but we can just take a long strand of it
You can take the hot glue as long as you don't break it lol
lol when do i ever break random shit
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Thu, Jan 11th 2018, 2:15 pm
Where u at
coming to the caf now
Thu, Jan 11th 2018, 10:02 pm
yo roy
have u done the stretch problems
I'm going to pass them in later lol
Got way too much on my plate
wdym later?
shoulderin' this as a drop
welp
like passin' it in on Tuesday
I can send u my answers
I just don't k that theiyre right
all of them but 36 are on the internet I think
at least, that's what I heard lol
oh sicc
I've only done 36 so far lol
ayyy
depending on how much work I can get done tonight idk if I'm going to eat the L or not
lol
lol it's ok I'll send I answers
you're too good for me
Fri, Jan 12th 2018, 1:05 am
wait, sit down before the meeting or during the meeting?
wait, I can't read anymore
wait, this is the wrong chat
dear god, my mind
during
lol u ok?
I've been trying to grind w/o breaks to maximize my productivity
but I think my work quality has dropped significantly
whats keepin u so busy/
calc test, physics MC, drama line memorization, psych readings (I've been putting those on the backburner for a while now lol), college apps
having to fill up the goddamnit toilet everytime I need to take a piss
running water saves you so much time
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lol
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:O
wait, are you working in your own room?
#59: http://minerva.union.edu/labrakes/Uniform%20Circular%20Motion_Solutions.pdf #45: https://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/courses/phys101_w07/notes/rec5.pdf
damn boi
I owe you a lot of cold ones
aw shiz, I just got an email from Penn asking about an interview
and the person interviewing me is from Wharton
goddamnit
nice
i mean u just have to talk business
applications
I'm so good at that
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"Why do you want to come to UPenn" >>You guys have the GRASP lab "Isn't that a graduate lab" >>Yes, yes it is
jk, they got undergrad positions
alright, I'm dangerously close to meming
the cold ones tomorrow are on me
lol nah its fine
u got me on some web assigns
If we ever work at the same company, I promise to not make the financial situation any worse
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Fri, Jan 12th 2018, 4:47 pm
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
Fri, Jan 12th 2018, 10:49 pm
Ah shit
Sorry man I just woke up
Is there anything left undone?
I'm really sorry about that
Sat, Jan 13th 2018, 9:44 am
lol
welp
Sat, Jan 13th 2018, 12:15 pm
game board is out btw
this is quite the board this year
ya
theres multipliers everywhere
"If a team member is sitting in the audience reprogramming the robot wirelessly, then the team will be asked to leave the table."
ayyyy
LOL
hey we were standing and we weren't in the audience so
we should ask that at the workshop
"Judges may require excessive adhesive to be removed. You should always try to come up with a mechanical means for construction and only resort to using adhesive methods as a last resort!"
DEFERED FROM GEORGIA TECH WOOOOOOOHOOO
holy shit what
BUZZ doenst want me :'(
Damn, Buzz is brutal
It's alright man
At least you got Harvard
(are you feeling alright or should we meme any pain away)
oh no I'm not really fazed lol
it's all good
I was planning on rescinding my application but my mom didn't want me to
That's interesting that Buzz said no though
I wonder what they are looking for
oh, apparently I got into Oregon State (where Jonathon Hurst resides with Cassie) a week ago
I had no idea until today
oh wait, does that mean you're in the RD pool now?
Does your mother still not want you to rescind it lol
EHHHH co grats!
ur in college boi
I submitted on Jan 1st and they got back to me on Jan 5th with a scholarship too
lol really
damnnn
yeh, it was way quicker than I expected
we can crack some cold ones
Sat, Jan 13th 2018, 4:57 pm
Another week, another no update on legged robots on IEEE Spectrum :'(
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can you go to Max's?
probably not
I also have a lot of shit to catch up on lol
yeh I feel
starting to wonder if I should go
maybe I'll hop in for an hour or so
lol u k it's not gonna be an hr
I'll set an alarm for myself lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=1lYVXVE63ms
Honda literally made a robot that was designed for hugging
lol
kinda like baymax
lmao
ah shiz, does't look like I can go for an hour now either
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welp what hapoened
college apps lol
ayyyyyyyyyy
my favorite thing in the whole wide world
ayyy
I know I shouldn't have done this
but I looked on reddit again
a lot of ppl with crazy stats got a no from Buzz
I should stop doing shit like that
btw, you left your earpiece at my house
I just found it
YES
phew i was looking for that
Sun, Jan 14th 2018, 5:52 am
oh something that we discussed on Friday about sci oly
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yRREVlmrFOCqO_oVdekgXNfdzSYO_uCiYcGF5nj7EuI/edit?usp=drive_web
we consolidated all the past and current purchases for parts
if you need anything for mission possible, can you add it to this doc? this is kinda the last chnce before invitationals
also all the parts are at your house right?
Sun, Jan 14th 2018, 6:29 pm
what do you mean by "all" since I think Jason has the towers stuff in his house
besides the towers stuff
then I think so
btw your earpiece is kinda dusty
and stuff
that's fine
do want me to clean it lol?
considering this thing goes in your ear
lol if u can that would be good
I got'chu
Did I tell you how I got destroyed in drama?
lol no
In drama sometimes we have improv days in which we just do improv on stage given a scenario
and this day's scenario was a bus stop in which one person sits next to someone already at the bus stop and does their best to creep them out and have the other person move away from their creepiness. I thought it would be funny to act as a guy who's never been around a girl before as Saskia was the person on stage when it was my turn
and so I acted being nervous and stuff like: "I-I-I've never b-been so c-close to a g-g-g-g-girl before"
and when she tried to shake my hand I reeled away in surprise and fear saying, "I-I've never t-t-touched a girl before" and then freaking Jack calls out from the audience, "I don't think Roy's acting"
I got destroyed
lol
lmaoo
Sun, Jan 14th 2018, 10:46 pm
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Lmaoooooo
That's pretty good
Dude you're becoming a pro member
Member
Memer
There we go
You should start up your own page or something
lol but its all inside jokes
You can get everyone in on the jokes
lol
How creepy would it be if I tried to sneak into jonothan hursts lab if I visit Oregon
And would it be double creepy if I sneak into his company
nah i'm sure hes gotten wierdos like u before
How bad would it be if I showed up under his car
what if that's just all his employees. they just all got there by sneaking into his lab and he let them stay
LOL
That would be the dream way to get a job or join a project
bc no sane person would hinge their career on legged robots amirite
He and his team really embodies the idea of "it's not where you create, it's what you create"
lol I was about to get all inspirational but then you pull that quick one on me
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woops
I'm actually quite impressed by what JH does there
He wasn't kidding when he said it was the most fertile ground for robotics
I guess the robotics institute was too stuffy or something for him to leave
Oregon?
is the most fertile ground for robotics
Yeh
"Oregon's traditional natural resource base is the platform for industry clusters in forestry and wood products, agriculture, nursery products, and food processing. "
I personally have done no research about that place so idk if he was just talking shiz or not lol
LMAO
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Maybe he's up there since he's creating a robo like Ex Machina and he needs to keep it secret
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true
well if a robot like ex machina existed it could be among society right now and we wouldn't k it
Nah, we would
I can smell that shit
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but how can you smell her when y-y-y-ou've never b-been so c-close to a g-g-g-g-girl before
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I mean that's some roboticists dream, making robots that are just like humans. There's a Japanese roboticist who has already made replicas of himself, his daughter, and some other woman
Lol
Personally I don't see the reason and need for that
Seems more of a selfish goal than something that holds more purpose
ya those are like the "artist" roboticists
i would consider those robots more sculptures than robots
(Small tangent, can we call all crappy technology "build events" from now on)
or at least the purpose behind them is more similar to a sculpture than a utilzable robot
lol sure
Idt they would count as sculptures though, I do agree they fall more into the art realm
Things like this reminds me of Pygmalion
ya
well there are ppl actively tryna make robo girlfriends
its like Pygmalion to the extreme
I think as we get closer to more lifelike robots this will pose to be a bigger issue
If ppl have problems with cloning, making people artificially then it would probably also apply to making artificial ppl in other ways like robotics
Though I never hear anyone being concerned with that so I suppose society as a whole already thinks of robots, even those that are meant to be human, as separate if not completely distant entities
Mon, Jan 15th 2018, 9:44 am
that's probably more cuz actually lifelike robots are still a while away whereas cloning has been a thing for decades
I don't right now anyone's concerned about being artificially created as a robot cuz no one is able to do that yet
Mon, Jan 15th 2018, 12:55 pm
wait, it's possible to fully clone a human?
How much you wanna bet that someone in China already did that
ya tho no one has publicly done it before
the success rate is very low for any animal
but theoretically it should be the same with a sheep as with a human
would you be ok with a clone person?
like in general or a clone of me
in general
if it was a clone of yourself
that would be ultra weird
Are you there already?
Mon, Jan 15th 2018, 6:39 pm
lol you guys meme some really random stuff
yeh
I gotta say your memes seem to have more thought put into them
they cut deep
:')
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lol hey I only meme legged robotics
Are you feeling alright?
ya I'm at a boston setup rn and I'm awkwardly in the corner rn
*meetup
oh, I was worried that you felt bad from the memeage/teasing
wait, you're at another AI meetup??
oh well i had like a wtf moment when we were going through the rubric cuz it just seemed really random what u guys were meming
"I've never seen a 4 point scale before"
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ooh, idk about Max, but I've actually never seen one
isn't the same as a 5 pt scale XD
or a 10 pt scale
thinking about it more I suppose so
I guess in the moment we thought it had more humor potential than it really did
lol nah I just thought it was really bizarre that u guys chose to meme that and I was a bit confused
I was also a bit annoyed cuz we didn't get that much discussion done compared to all the other groups cuz I think we were all meming too hard
so maybe it's better if we tone that down a bit lol
wait, we didn't get the same amount of discussion done??
I thought we formulated a pretty solid balanced strat
well we only had one
everyone else came up with three pretty well thought out strars
like we were suppose to
hmm, I do agree with the memeage toning down but I think we also spent a lot of time speculating how the mechanisms of the robots would work rather than the other strats
(also, I'll send you the physics lab when I'm done, almost there)
oh also this might have been after u left, but we decided to make the "stretch" strat balanced strat cuz it's not really that much of a stretch, and we're thinking of maybe combining the two balanced together
and true
if the frisbee slide works we would be the gooniest team at GCER
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Is that strat in the notes?
wdym
is the new strat stuff after I left recorded down in the docs?
not really
it was just max and I talking after we presented
"Robots: ThiccBot - "
Damn, that's some hardcore memeing
jeezus christ
lol
lol we decided to call the thicc butter bot thicc bit
cuz it's going for thicc butters
ok, I see how severe the memeage truly was now looking at the results
ya.... I mean we still do have a pretty well thought out strat so
I'm just worried about the tram stuff
I still don't think that's really a balanced strat cuz we have no idea how the tram is gonna work when we interact with it
I honestly suspect that a lot of strats are going to change once we finish building the board and see how the parts actually interact with each other
ya
I feel like we shouldn't rush the strategy making
maybe after the boards built we create quick proofs of concept for each of our robots
or failure of concept amirite :')
like having just the big swingy arm and see how much the team moves when u try to deposit in it
lmaoo
:'(
I feel like we're underestimating the yellow crate strat a bit too much considering how the camera works and the various factors that can trick it. Unlike all the uses of the camera we've done before this time it's actually out in the environment and not fixed on one area, it's reference frame is moving
just from my personal experience it's harder than one might think
although I might just be biased since I didn't use a truly fixed environment lol
wati but doesn't it just need to take a picture
just get at a good angle and take a picture and then you'll k which regions which
do we know if the there's a position of the camera on the board that can capture a good look of the 3 zones?
those zones are pretty big given the size of the board, not to mention that those colored cubes denoting them might not all be in frame
well there's 4 feet of space maximum
well we only need to get 2 in frame
and then we also have to be warry of the colored poms, we can't take that picture if they're near us
I'm not saying the task is the same level of risk as the tram lol. I just think there's a lot more thought we need to put into it besides just saying "this robo will do this, no need to worry"
ya but with the tram we will be doing that as well
the 2nd robot in the tram is still grabbing thicc butters and the tram also needs a camera itself to place the frisbee in the right place
so either way we will be doing camera stuff
with both robots
oh wait, we aren't just letting the crate bot just push the frisbees into where they need to go?
well we could but that's not ideal
even if we do, the lego bot is doing the same camera work still
you know what would make this easier and or probably actually more complicated
some high quality encoders
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lol high quality and kipr don't go together
frick i should probably talk to ppl at this meetup
yeh, that's why you're there huh haha
you could tell them about how we got stuck in Chinatown, that could be a great icebreaker
are these ppl also a lot older than you
or do you guys have a common ground besides AI lovin'
lol ya they're all way older
idk i haven't talked to them
its not an ai meetup its like a general tech/hacker social
i thought there would be more tech than social :')
:')
Are ppl just like talking about their lives and startups rather than the tech itself?
Maybe try to channel your inner Sean Parker
get that charisma up
that drinking up
that drug use up
that underage sex up
wait wut
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theres a table full of budlight lmao
they ain't gonna be checkin' your ID
NEVER MISS ANY OPPORTUNITY
(jk, don't listen to Sean Parker)
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oh damn
thanks boii
does the lab take long?
nah, not really
just a lot of boring data logging
I'm checking with other ppls rn
so I'll let you know with an update of anything to change lol
I found a Japanese dude making university level research robots as his spare time _hobby_
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUQhN-1wbzQ&index=4&list=PLJVzmmBPmGNYjn-1eQq3Ci_wpraImyaRX
lol damn
Japanese dudes r intense
what the fuk
is that ur goal?
there was already the guy making mini humanoid robots that can tightrope walk and ride bicycles as his hobby too
more or less my goal currently
holy shit these guys are crazy
I wish I could talk to them
This is blowing my mind
oh my god, Japanese servo specs are so good
you can't get shit like this in the U.S.
wtf
wait, I should go study
but I wanna do more research
FUCK
man dude, this is crazy, how is able to get such good performance with off the shelf parts
the MIT Cheetah, Cassie, etc. all had custom motors
and this guy is pulling this stuff off with OTS parts
I've literally never seen results like these before and I've been all over the place on the web
alright, fuck worrying over the theory so much
this guy is literally proof of concept
instead of dreaming ideas, it's time to design ideas
er, probably would be smarter to study rn though...
aw man
I was so pumped too
ya
I think u should study
btw what topics are covered in chapters 1 - 5?
bruh lol
Kinematics, Dynamics, Friction
air resistance
some other stuff
how was your meet up?
aw shit
those servos are 70 bucks each
alright, hmm
can't make something on the scale he can
I can probably replace some points of actuation by relying on passive dynamics
wait
studies
ugh
lol
I would recommend studying first
midterms will be over in a week
aka all the grades that matter will be over in a week
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the meetup was kinda a bust
but I got bubble tea so it's ok
wasn't too informative?
(I finished some initial design sketches, time to move onto building proof of concept models....
... after midterms)
(you're right)
ya and there were only like 15 ppl there
I was hoping to network for mahacks
damn dude, you're quite persistent
taking up any chance
maybe I'll meet Sean Parker at a networking event
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lmaooooo
Net worth: US$2.6 billion
is that a lot?
lmao yes wdym is that a lot
I could spend that kind of money in an hour
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lemme put it this way
2.5 billion = 2500 atlases
which ver?
idk
the useless version
oh wait
that doesn't help
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ouch
:D
I think working out has made my memes harsher
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Elon Musk's net worth is less than Zucker?
and Job's was less than Elon's
??
How the heck do they figure this stuff out
oh really I thought jobs was more
but ya Elon Musk actually isn't as rich as u might think hos companies are not super high net worth but they're making a lot of impact
Musk doesn't have a lot of liquid assets bc he reinvest everything into his own companies
while a lot of billionaires us their money for capital gains so they're just sitting there making more money
also out of musks major companies, only Tesla I believe is a public company
so that's why the other net worth aren't huge
Wait, what's the point of net worth actually...
like what's the point of measuring something like that
it's a standard metric u can measure ppl s wealth by
is that how rich ppl do dick measuring contests?
it's like gpa
ok, dick measuring contests
got it
lol
well also a lot of ppl just want to k
what other ppl s net worth are
what if that's what the big business life is like
ppl keep buggin' you about your net worth
man, when you make it big it could just be a repeat of high school lol
it kinda is if ur rich
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wait a sec
I don't see no roboticist with a net worth breaking 1 bil
something's not right here...
:'(
lol
roboticists have small dicks
jk
When is robotics actually going to break out in the market I wonder
if at all
when actually useful robots reach a mass market price point
rn it's just too expensive
I actually wonder what the key is
cuz that Japanese dude really has some crazy ass results with OTS parts
maybe it's just him :')
The only vision I can see for robots rn is to be helpers
not pets or like personal companions that only are there to listen, cuz not only is that kinda sad but it's very limiting for the robot
I can only see them breaking out around the world if they get to the point where you can just let them run around without even batting an eye when you pass by one
being able to walk up to one and ask for directions
or perhaps have your own personal one that helps you out
like how the smartphone can do so much
I think robots of the future will be more like a conglomeration of things we have now, they will have the functionality of a personal assistant as seen in phones and stuff, have the processing power of a higher end laptop with that dedicated to information storage and useage by the human or the robot, helping with physical tasks -> this I think will make robots stand out compared with current electronics
robots like Jiboo, which literally is just a shitty Google Home with an eyeball doesn't take advantage of its robotics side
ya but that's still a long ways away bc it needs to adapt to so many situations to actually be useful
legged locomotion allows robots to adapt to any environment u know
;))
I predict by the time we're 30 we'll be seeing robots that will be comparable to dogs in terms of being useful and interacting with people
hmm really
I admit I'm not too caught up with the tech but I would say when we're 40
I would say 40 for when we get to see this stuff being more popular and actually prevalent among the middle class
people dream of multipurpose robots though
robots that can do many things, from cleaning to retrieving things for you
reaching that level will probably not be until way later
I guess the dream is to have robo slaves technically in that case... lol
welp shiz
I mean
are they really slaves if their not sentient
slave: "a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another."
by definition a robot could be a slave lol
ok but I mean are they slaves with all the connotations
u can call ur phone a slave by definition
in that case, I would say no
ok ya
I recall you having an interesting convo with Vara on this topic lol
I think it would be more cruel to give machines sentience
well
as long as they don't feel pain it's fine
I think sentience is fine
the only reason slavery is immoral is that they are doing something that they don't want to. so if u create obedient and painless sentience then that's fine
it's like a dog
u don't call domestication immoral bc dogs are slaves
oh, I was referring to higher lvl sentience lol
like a robot that can question its own existence
that would just be cruel I think
but if it's only capable of something like a dog then I think that's fine
ya as long as u make the reward system right
Tue, Jan 16th 2018, 11:54 am
yo boi come down to the botball room if u have time
What's going on??
Idk how much time I can spare considering I have two full monologues to memorize rn
Tue, Jan 16th 2018, 2:20 pm
Shit I forgot to get more cold ones
wdym
I forgot to stock up :'(
oh lol
truu
for the long snow day ahead
If there is one announced first thing I'm gonna do is go buy some
lol
unfortunately I'm far from the cold one supply :'(
:'(
shit my dad said he forgot to order the build stuff
so they will most likely come thursday
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Friday cram session?
oh shit was the lab due today
Tue, Jan 16th 2018, 8:50 pm
jeezus man lol
and I'm sure you can turn in the lab tomorrow
I also haven't stared studying ohysics
what should I know?
bruh
doing the webassign helps
look over your notes
I didn't recognize the response questions
so I'm guessing he pulled them from pre 1999 tests
ok
overall how difficult?
like say I just k the equations and basic concepts
then you should be ok?
idk, it wasn't like there were crazy concepts or stuff
just be careful and mind your time
_really mind your time_
oh so it took a long time?
some kids didn't finish MC
ok so it's 45 min mc
and 45 min fr
right?
how long did u study for
maybe a couple hours total?
I listened to Flippin' Physics' review of AP Physics I
ok phew
I haven't started
and that's what I fell asleep and woke up to lol
I'm really banking on that snowday tomorrow
Judith isn't announcing until the morning
:'(
smhhhh
I think I figured out how the servo configurations work on that Japanese guy's robos though
but I still haven't memorized a single monologue yet...
bruh
what's a good material I can use to build this I wonder
I don't wanna 3D print just due to lack of resources...
maybe I'll go with wood
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X7Fy_ea8rKOC3jatZ-s5vlf3E9Npzsy9zpsfDpT_CEs/edit?usp=sharing
oh sicc thanks
I owe u again
nah nah
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This is what the extension is supposed to look like
<3
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alright, time to continue channeling my inner black woman
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yo actually can u do me another favor
and send me a pic of ur notes lol
bruhhhhh
LOL
yeh I got'chu
lol
well i just need chapter 3 and onwards
so like have the notes
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ya
This is going to be a lot of papers
*pics
well i have about 3 pages of notes for everything past chapter 3
actually would it be better just to look at his notes online
are they all online?
no, I don't think so lol
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alright, there ya go
Know the banked curve stuff well
plug the speed formula into your calculator
v = sqrt(r*g*tan(theta))
anythan' else ya might need?
thanks man u da best
nah go channel some black woman
wait whats the speed formula
this:
v = sqrt(r*g*tan(theta))
no but like what is it used for
its the speed a car on a banked frictionless curved road can travel
it's a very specific formula lol
lol ok thankks
I think that's the only formula you need to know that isn't on the cheat sheet
ok
is there anything like #12 on the webassign on the exam
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so much heavy calculus
like using the Vt = (mg/b)(1-exp(-bt/m))
this is actually scaring me lol if this is gonna be on the test
Don't worry about that one lol
ok phew
did u finish the webassign?
lmaooo
I probably should'be
good thing it's not part of our grade lol
oh lol
i was just stuck on a problem
ooh also if u find black earbuds (wired) at ur house those are mine
i lost those somewhere lol
Bruh lol
Wed, Jan 17th 2018, 9:33 am
No snow day????
Smhhhhh
ikr
how much circular motion is there
Wed, Jan 17th 2018, 12:06 pm
Lo siento I was doing drama
There was a fr on it
oof
I bombed that test
D:
D:
Where u at
Fri, Jan 19th 2018, 12:02 pm
Is there sci oly today?
ya
invitational r tomorrow man
Where u at rn
just finished my latin exam
I need to start my physics lab now lol
Did I share that with you?
ya
thanks
Anytime
Niceeee
Fri, Jan 19th 2018, 8:06 pm
it drops a magnetted item and the computer says "the end"
350 pts XD
we just did mission possible
Lmaooo
we're coming over btw
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
Sat, Jan 20th 2018, 7:29 am
You called Foxy Roxy.
Here now?
Good luck!
Sat, Jan 20th 2018, 9:48 pm
we're here
You called Foxy Roxy.
Sun, Jan 21st 2018, 1:47 pm
Damn Damian be sippin'
lol
not surprised
did you already order your cap n' gown stuff btw?
oh shit
somebody might've accidently used my student ID
cuz it says that my number can't be used again
so I guess this means I don't have to go graduation
or I can just show up in a nice t-shirt and sweatpants
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u should probably get that checked
I just msg'd president Bacon
I'm starting to get more and more IT questions from ppl
idk how I feel about this
wdym
Ppl are asking if I can help with their tech issues
Vara's asking me about his laptop battery rn lol
lol
I mean u can say no if u want
What the fuck is this "no" you speak of
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What do you think about smart clothes
I think they won't work unless either 1. they become easily applyable to any clothing (and not directly woven in the threads) or 2. Become cheap enough that the default clothing u buy can already be smart
right now the only real market for smart clothes is rich professional athletes
What about a kind of clothing that isn't worn all the time like a scarf or jacket
Wait why pro athletes lol
I was envisioning a garment that reg ppl could wear that would perform the functions that a phone or laptop could do
that could work but if the smart clothing is taking biometrics I don't think u can do that easily with a jacket
It'll look like fucking magic when you just start talking to the air on a phone call without using your hands
oh
well wearable clothing right now is pretty much all biometrics and health
Who cares about that, the weight room is all you need for that
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hmm for a wearable computer I don't think it need a to be integrated into clothing
well definitely I don't think it should be woven into clothing
There has been a tech made a while back that was basically a touch screen that you put on your skin
unless as I mentioned whatever the smart part of the clothing is so cheap and ubiquitous u can buy a smart clothing by default
isn't it the projector bracelet thing?
Nah nah
It's literally a clear layer of plastic? That goes on top of your skin
how does it go on ur skin
like what is it attached to
Let me find the thing real quick
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ridiculously-thin-leds-stick-skin-181604284.html
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What if wearable technology was more like a temporary tattoo than a gadget around your wrist? An incredibly thin digital display developed at the University of Tokyo could make skin-level digital displays a wearable reality. Other than the film layer researchers are using to stick their sensors and....
And of course there's been more advancement in similar materials but instead of output like leds they take input like pressure sensing
Though rn that kind of e-skin has been more focussed on giving robots or amputees a sense of touch
interesting
how do u put it on
is it literally just like plastic wtap
It's permanent
Jk jk
Yeh you just slap it on
interesting
well maybe of they were able to make them actual pixels that would be really cool
right now it's just LED lights right
I believe so
so, what do ya think?
idk if it's super useful rn
I mean it basically functions as a wearable
except u can't really use it when your exercising and id imagien it's kinda uncomfortable
well maybe the consumers should stop being pussies and just suck it up
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if it had legs
then it could jog with u
that's disturbing af
legs leading up to e-skin that just runs and flops around in the wind
ya Ik robotics legs amirite
oh
Did you know the Google Glass concept is actually still being used?
ya like in factories and stuff
I'm starting to wonder why Google Glass flopped so hard now
besides the fact it's ugly
I think that's mainly it
LOL
really??!?
ya
I mean it's on ur head
everyone's looking at it at all times
So you're saying that this market of wearable AR tech is open rn and nobody has tackled it just cuz it's hard to make shit not ugly???
yes
I'm not even joking that's one of the biggest reasons
ppl aren't gonna wear something that protrudes into their life
like Google glass literally does
the key to wearable is it has to minimize disruption
or visible disruption
just put it on sunglasses and make it retractable
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lol
would u wear Google glass to school every day if u had one
you're talking to the guy who still forgets he has a smartphone
ya but if u had Google glass I wouldn't need to take out ur smartphone to use
it's always on ur face
if the display was retractable I think it would be socially acceptable
by that I mean don't have the goddamn thing right on your eye
maybe ya
if it was a projection that could just be turned off
to be fair the display actually just blends into ur peripheral vision when ur not using it
and it just showed up on regular glasses, not that little block of glass
also ya it's off by default and shuts off after like 10 sec
but the display looks stupid
I'm not joking, it's literally a block of glass lol
if u use it for like 4 hrs straight, u get pretty used to it and the projection is actually not that big of a hindrance
I was surprised bc I thought it would be this huge chunk of ur vision taken up
but ya it looks kinda dumb
http://www.bilisimcafe.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/google-glass.jpg
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the main problem is that current electronics simply can't get much smaller lol
esp batteries
unless you wanna put the batteries behind the ear or something but that might be uncomfortable
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I think this concept art depicts the ideal really well
if it looks just like regular glasses instead of a block of metal
for a product that also is technically a fashion piece it needs to value form just as much as function
it's hard to do the projection on something as thin as regular glasses tho I think is thebproblen
the Google glasses intention is suppose to fit over regular glasses, not to be warn just alone
I wonder why they can't use the same tech that the bracelet projector ppl use
wdym
I think that's kind of cumbersome though, you don't buy a phone to just attach it to something else lol
there's no surface to project it on when it's on ur face
in this day and age most electronics are supposed to stand alone I feel like
u have to project it through a crystal
http://aiclarke.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Cicret-Bracelet-1.jpg
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ya ik
but have it project on the surface of the glasses instead of the skin
wouldn't it just go through
idk enough optics lol
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this is how glass works
the prism redirects the projection parallel to whats in front of u
so it looks like a screen
why can't the prism be more flat and not a box then?
well bc look at the angle it has to be at for redirection
what if the projector just projects straight into your goddamn retina
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lmao
well actually thats just virtual reality glasses
technology I think is just a bit too bulky rn to be fashionably accepted
ya I agree
unless somebody who has influence over all the zombies of pop culture decided to wear stuff, maybe like Kim Carcrash
but I think wearables will be one of the next big things
lmao
oh man, I kind of wish I had one of those projection bracelets now just to test it out
I still don't get why you can't just project it mirrored over a flat, see through material
the battery problem of a tech could be fixed if wireless charging actually becomes efficient but even then
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Idk rn
Do you really think that AI is the next big big thing
And wearable tech?
ai def ya
wearable tech def as well actually
Reallyyy
Anything else?
hmmm
What about the whole IOT fad
I think once u get to wearables iot becomes easier
I don't think it's gonna be as big tho
Maybe eventually new houses will just be built with a software interface
that u can control it with
Is it really that desirable or useful
i can see the use for homes
Doesn't seem really groundbreaking and more of an add on
*smart homes
well it doesn't have to be groundbreaking lol
I'm just talking about things that I think will happen
and then robots will become cheap and useful right?
That's going to happen in the future
right?
right?!
hehe
mhm
I wonder if there's another way to consume and communicate information
well I suppose there always is
hmm u mean completely new
but a method that is better than computing or just as good
mechanics have already been proved to not work years ago, with that method's crowning achievements probably being those automaton
well if u talk about physics all fast communication has all been based on electricity or electromagnetism from basically the telegram onward
wut about light
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that's electeomagnetism
so do u mean something com0letely different?
yup yup
hmm
get this
what if we use
terminal velocity
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I think electromag has got the cake pretty well rn though, objects/mediums that rely on things with mass are cumbersome and bulky
ya
I wonder what the next smartphone will be. it has to be something that we don't actually think we need until it exists
like fucking legged robotics
WE DON'T THINK WE NEED IT UNTIL IT EXISTS
that's pretty amazing
not gonna lie
I'm still kind of mind blown
that Woz made the Apple computer as a hobby
ya same
it wasn't like the computer was a long sought after achievement/advancement like flight
he was just like, "hey this is a sicc idea I thought of, I'mma make it"
tho personal computers were already being developed by some ppl in silicon valley
it's amazing that he did it himself tho and not a big company
but were those ppl doing it in their bedroom for fun lol
rightttttt
ya well that's why I feel there couldve been hundreds of Steve jobs and only 1 woz
statistically speaking there's probably someone who had a similar revolutionary creation like Woz but since there was no Jobs figure it went unnoticed
though I do agree the chances of that are a lot less than someone being in the position of jobs
ya
oh man, I wonder if Musky and Woz could've been a powa team
"Sometimes Teslas are dangerous because of what they call 'autopilot,'" says Wozniak. "You get thinking, 'Oh, it is easy, I can reach over and not look for a few seconds,' and that is the second your car drifts over the line," he says, adding that it is "easy to make mistakes, especially certain weather conditions and whatnot."
ok nvm lol
"Driving my Tesla, over and over and over there are unusual situations on any road anywhere and every single human being alive — dumb or smart — would be able to get through it and the Tesla can't," the Apple co-founder says.
wait, someone died from using Tesla's autopilot in 2016?!
actually wtf am I doing
I still have two unfinished apps
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lmk if u need editing
I'm over on each essay by 66 words
fuk
well that's not too bad
Do you have any extra springs btw
uh
no
darn
not gonna lie, still kind of embarrassing to edit my own essays
Sun, Jan 21st 2018, 11:40 pm
geezus christ dude
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Mon, Jan 22nd 2018, 12:07 pm
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Mon, Jan 22nd 2018, 9:01 pm
Hey Stacy
fuck you
"Dear Roy, Is your drama teacher writing your humanities/social science letter of recommendation? We ask that a teacher from a core class with a written component writes you your recommendation letter. They can email it to our office and we can attach it to your profile."
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wait who did u have write urs?
Ms. Hession
she's the fucking English Head
lol
those Stacy fucks
this is my email back to them
Dear Caltech Admissions, I apologize for not being more clear on what the class was that my humanities/social science teacher teaches. The class' full name is "Shakespearean & Modern Drama Honors" and in the course we study the works of Shakespeare and modern playwrights, writing essays and taking tests analyzing their plays. In addition to that we also act out scenes from some pieces that we study. The class counts as my core English class that I am taking as a senior. I'm sorry for not specifying what the class is really about, is everything all set now? You goddamn cocksuckers
I'm actually more tilted than I should be about this
lol
is everything ok now?
idk, they haven't got back to me yet
welp
uh this mathxl took me so long. i had so much planned for the evening :'(
i didn't sign up to take real classes when i signed up for OC what is this
LOL
what did you have planned out?
I feel ya, I wanted to further develop dis model prototype leg of cardboard :')
lol u made a prototype leg?
it's literally 5 pieces of cardboard and a makeshift spring lol
just modeling the motion I want
Did you have a lot on your plate tonight?
ya lol
this is probably bad but I've started scheduling my days until 2 AM again
hopefully just for this week tho. i just have a shit ton of stuff to catch up on after midterms + college apps
I'm going to check in on you by next week to make sure you're not scheduling shit until 2 AM again
jeezus man
hey I'm just practicing for college
and then startup life
and adult life in general
that's how ppl die bruh
shit it's never gonna stop lol
hey I may die quicker but I spend more of my life conscious
so it evens out :D
conscious while being in a default low battery mode
nah caffeine pillllsss
drugs are not the answer!
alright, I best get back to memorizing this page for drama
don't burn yourself out man, especially as a second semester senior
g'night!
Tue, Jan 23rd 2018, 10:51 pm
I just woke up
fuk
welp
welp
midterms are done
can't do anything now
time to give up and work on shit I want to
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I think I've gotten into that bad loop of thinking about fuking numbers
wait wdym
fucking numbers?
that's a weird ass fetish roy ngl
thx man
wait, are ppl meeting up for sci oly tomorrow?
What's going on??
lol ya for Harvard invitatio als
btw were thinking of adding Yoav to take ur place
u might have to teach him some stuff
kk
should I show up for this too?
I was planning to run some simulations during that block
but I can just let them run at home I suppose
ya that would be ideal
just to discuss build events and make concrete plans for building. u probably won't be able to actually build anything during winblock so it shouldn't take u long
ngl
I had a small crisis on that night when you and Vara came over to check up on build events
wait why?
afterwards I just sat in the basement wondering for a good couple of hours what I was doing lol
and then I said fuck it and tried to read some pprs
the best therapy is drowning therapy
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wait still confused
what was the crisis about?
and r u fine now
wondering why I'm not having fun/remotely having fun building shiz for sci oly anymore lol
idk why I'm so angsty this year
maybe hormones are acting up, hopefully I'll grow more
that'll be pretty cool
well
is it just the time spent on building sci Oly?
idk, perhaps
it's not like the stuff we're making is new/challenging like botball
what I mean by that is that the tasks we're given in Botball are more freeform, you come up with the solutions
in sci oly the events are literally stuff from middle school with only a couple proven designs that you best follow if you wanna get anywhere not to mention the amount of busy work that goes into it since we don't got all dem tools
ya I agree the build events are definitely not super interesting
would u want to do study events for Sci oly?
gud one mah boi
lol ok
well I don't wanna make u do things u don't wanna do and I can tell ur not super into sci oly
but it's just there aren't that many ppl who can build stuff for Sci oly
nah don't worry about it, we got more time now
the movitation is just kaput
but it's not like I'mma just disappear lol
lol ok
maybe u could find a system to spread out the work more for builds
sorry about this man ^^" I know it wasn't ideal
nah I mean it's hard in of itself
Welp time to learn CAD
kinda regret not learning this sooner but oh well
lol
what r u working on now?
I need to remodel this mechanism
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I don't have actuators with the right torque so a SLIP model biped is out of the question
I could try a biped but then it'll end up slow and clunky
probs something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKuXfPBwVM4
http://www.trossenrobotics.com/dynamixel-mx-28-robot-actuator.aspx
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dynamixel mx-28, dynamixel mx-28 actuator, mx-28 robotis, mx-28, mx-28 robot, mx-28 actuator
219 bucks for a single actuator :')
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Freaking 30 minutes later and I have lollipops
Wed, Jan 24th 2018, 4:16 am
oh dang
those r some nice sloons
*spoons
Wed, Jan 24th 2018, 8:20 am
Thx man, I was going for a fork doe
legged fork
it feeds u by walking up to ur mouth
Fuking geniusssss
I'm surprised by how little machine learned walking robots there are
I've only seen a couple small scale ones
well I don't think it's really conducive to machine learning
like why would u need machine learning on the robot?
To let it learn how to walk
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As much as I'm iffy on that approach I'm still surprised it's not that common
Esp among the ppl doing legged locomotion rn
From OSU to UMich to MIT to BD
idk if it's really a good way to train the robot
Really?
What makes you say that?
Wed, Jan 24th 2018, 2:00 pm
bc you need so many runs over and over again to train a robot to walk from the ground up
think of those walking simulations. u have thousands of trials, and 99% of them is the robot falling down
also look at this little fucker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn4nRCC9TwQ
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Google's artificial intelligence company, DeepMind, has developed an AI that has managed to learn how to walk, run, jump, and climb without any prior guidanc...
the AI is controlled by punishments and rewards. probably the basic metrics will be distance traveled and maybe how many steps it takes
basically an AI is random and will descend on any movement that will be able to get the robot to some distance in whatever way possible, even if its not optimal, its optimal for that specific situation in which its trained. But if you make a robot in the real world trained like that it would not be able to adapt to walking in general areas
like that simulated robot, if u had a slight force in the sideways direction that's unaccounted for by the training algorithm, it would quickly fall over
similarly a legged robot trained purely with AI probably couldn't withstand wind
Thu, Jan 25th 2018, 10:17 am
Damn you wrote a mini essay on dis lol
well I had econ so
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SB5Ce0oN3TY
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Human walking is a dynamic, partly self-stabilizing process relying on the interaction of the biomechanical design with its neuronal control. The coordinatio...
Here ya go
This robot also seems to practice knee locking interestingly enough
If you have some time do you mind if you can read my WPI and UMich essays and rip them apart?
ya sure
how soon do u need it by
i can read it during lunch or after i get home around 7
Friday night would be nice
oh ok
not a problem
Dang, coming home at 7??
You got a date?
oh ya a hot date with my grandparents
Oh ic ic
Everything going alright?
I can tell ya a really funny story about something that happened to me yesterday
lol
sure
and ya everythings fine
Thu, Jan 25th 2018, 4:08 pm
This is the story
When Sam and I started to walk she was already ahead of us by a large amount But I still told Sam that we should walk slower And then RIGHT before we reach muraco like you can hear the kids She turns around and calls out my name Saying if she could follow me since she doesn't know the way And then that happened... But when we were walking to the classroom she broke off and took a short cut and got their before me Idk what to think of this... I also tried to make small talk but I was just floundering This is our third time tutoring!!!
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That's the goddamn pic that Sam took lol
it's pretty interesting that humans don't walk flat floot, if you look my right foot is utilizing the springy tendons on the bottom of the foot
now the question is, does that actually aid in the gait of the walk or is it just vestigial
Thu, Jan 25th 2018, 6:18 pm
I'm pretty sure it does it can't be vestigial if almost all legged animals exhibit the tendency
also damn. wait was this walking to the school in the morning?
Wait I don't think all legged animals exhibit it lol, a shit ton of four legged mammals have hooves
This was walking to Muraco tutoring
awwwwww
It's not cute!
Just finished another sess of build events...
Let me know if you need the stretch problems
oh the hovercraft came in
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Finished the stretch probs
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Pls nu
lol
I feel unclean
A kit?!
but it had to be done
What if the kit just doesn't work lol
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Are ya serious
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welp
Maybe it was telling me to get back to work lol
lol
wanna compare for stretch problems
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lol why is David mad at me now....
?
Did something happen?
Max and I were laughing with him at E Block like good ol' lads...
oh just in the discord
idk why he's salty
it's probably not a big thing (hopefully) it was just bizarre
ppl get petty these days over the smallest things
I wouldn't worry about it too much I think
I think he's just sus about you since ya know
(since you're trying to _undermine_ him)
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lol Botball 2018 was created in August and I didn't even make the folder
I think Ethan did
ya it's strange how ppl focus on these really small things
it's cuz everything you do now is a passive aggressive move lol
:'(
why me
idk
probs jellinous
I heard a lot of stories now about how David got really distant and cold towards ppl during high school lol
guess he's just really competitive or something
but he's already in college
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Maybe it's personal idk man lol
I also have an idea
welp
You know how regular hobby servos have no feedback?
Well each hobby servo also has a potentiometer
What if you use the analog signal from the pot to see what the position the servo is in as feedback???
Imma need to try this out
I wonder if anyone has done this before, probably have lol
Yup someone has, at least I know it's possible now
lol
how would u read the analog signal from the potentiometer
The pot has three tabs
One each for GND and + and analog signal for measuring the change in resistance
If I solder a wire carefully on the analog tab and maybe use some capacitors to reduce noise I should (in theory) be able to get those outputs
lol don't burn anything
I can't wait for my theory to be wrong and then ruin my shit
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This is all for the cause of legged robotics
The goal is to make a 2d walker that walks on a boom, no support but using the boom to go in a circle
wdym
damn
uhh roy can u give me some motivation
i feel like i have too much on my plate
somehow second semester seems busier than jr yr
Well
What do you have on your plate?
just all the clubs, MAHacks, Independent study, independent learning goals (I'm tryna learn more ML, study Chinese, learn more linguistics, looking for a 4th language to learn, and i have a list of books i want to get through)
"I feel like I have too much on my plate"
HNMMMMM
clubs include: botball, Sci Oly, MUN , entrepreneurship, MGH thing,
i might drop MGH thing but i feel bad
Yeh I felt bad too, until I dropped it lol
lol
The number one thing you don't want to do with those self study goals is to make them into a chore
i feel like I have these sudden bouts of anxiety that last about an hr where i just freeze and am unable to do anything bc im feeling overwhelmed. they come and go randomly
If you want to do them then carve out a good time to just sit down and enjoy them instead of like random "I should do this" it should be more like "I want to do this"
I think you need to hit the brakes and take a look at the scenery man
i've been trying but idk where to carve out 😞
How about we hit the gym B block tomorrow
nah lol i have that block scheduled for MAHacks
i got a pile of emails to respond to
Bruhhhhhhh
i don't have any other time to do it
Realistically there really is only a certain amount of time in the day
also i would still need to carve out some more time if we're gonna do a senior project
It might seem kinda harsh but with ur current schedule it's probably better to prioritize the things with actual deadline and hold things that don't until you have time to actually enjoy them lol
Don't worry about the senior project, unless you actually really want to do one lol
ya but I've found there is so much wasted time during the day, I'm still at a pt where i can squeeze more hours out of the day. its just pesky willpower is a fucking limited resource
stupid brains
Didn't we talk about how that's an unhealthy mindset lol
ya but i feel like then I'll never actually get to those things
I've been trying to get through the same ML book since last January
its been a year :/
How about you slow down tonight and list what things you actually want to do, emphasis on want
but i want to do all of them lol. even MGH thing is really interesting
i readily drop the things i'm not interested in like RWDC. but I'm just bad at having a focused set of interests
That's not necessarily a bad thing
However some of these are team things and so I think you should probably rely more on your team
Like for MAhacks is there really no one else who can help you sort through those emails?
nah those are ppl I've contacted personally
but when I rely on my team they don't get done
and its in a month
:/
Max and I have been building Chad steadily we should have a prototype in a couple weeks
I think the fatal flaw is that you need a better team lol
uhhh thats another thing i need to do i feel bad for not working on it at all yet
nah my tema does do other tasks. My job is to do sponsorship relations and stuff so i'm handling emailis. theres justa crap ton of them
Bruhhhhhhhhhh
You're our boi
I'm planning on going in after school tomorrow to start on the software
after a MUN officer meeting and before the Sci Oly officer meeting
I really do think you should sit down and leave some stuff you can do later for actually later, like learning a fourth language
Oh, if you're going to do that I should tell you I started a program skeletonish for Chad, the biggest function we gotta work on rn is keeping the arm parallel to the ground
but I'm still young and memorization capabilities deteriorate swiftly
Bruh you got like 5 years
ya but i'm only getting busier by the day
That's cuz you're making yourself busier by the day lol
Do you actually enjoy meh
MGH
well we haven't done antyhign lol
but now we're starting to do things so its actuallyt aking time
and it seems like itneresting stuff but we haven't really done it yet
It sounds like you're making it sound sweeter than it is because you're afraid of what possibilities you might lose if you say no
ya thats pretty much exactly it
thats it for like everything
i hate the feeling of what-if
so many successes hinge on random occurrences or unexpected opportunities
it stresses me out lol
I think you might want to be a bit more cynical like cheng then when thinking about this stuff
For example I know I currently (probs for the next 2 years) cannot make a legged robot do a flip
So I don't try to make a machine that I can't make
Now that's not saying I gave up before the race
I still read about that stuff when I'm taking a shit or stuff
But I'm working on what's in front of me before I tackle something of that caliber
I know not everything you do stacks up on each other like this
well with building a physical thing its different bc u have a set end goal already
But I feel like a fair amount does, esp pertaining to your making a book interest and ML
what I'm talking about are the things you didn't k u liked or u didnt' expect to be interesting but end up shifting ur entire interest
Like you wanting to make books?
for example Accion Internship came out of me talking to the CEO of the company before she actually founded it at a random networking event in 9th grade
MAHacks came out of me walking into a conversation b/w some beaverworks ppl on ar andom day at Beaverworks
Dude that's literally just chance lol
but I wouldn't be doing MAhacks if i didnt do Beaverworks
and I wouldn't be doing Accion if I wasn't spending a lot of time going to networking events that in every other sense was a waste of time
Ok ready for a wise old saying time that imma paraphrase
A man once said
"May god let me understand what I cannot control and come to serenity with it and may god let me the wisdom to know what I cannot control"
I'm not god and we both don't really believe in a white bearded dude controlling our lives
So it falls to you to understand yourself, thus understand what is or was not
I'm saying don't stress out too much on stuff that doesn't need to be stressed out about
I'm not saying that I know what you like and shit
But what opportunities at MGH makes you see such hope in it
idk maybe a good learning experience for applying ML to real stuff
i've never actually worked on an ML project with real stuff
besides me just fucking around
Wouldn't you need to learn ML first
ya well i k enough to do the MGH thing
And what is this real stuff you're talking about
And it better not be free access to MATlab lol
like using EEG data to analyze and help diagnose alzheimers
How much you wanna bet you can find datasets online?
I found military drone footage to test my programs with online
actually most of them are privately owned my hospitals
its medical dat from very expensive equipment
damn, you really thought this through huh lol
but the value is mainly in that there will be someone who is an expert in the field guiding the process
is that what you hoped with for MIT Primes?
if i was thrown a pile of EEG data i would have no clue what ot do with it and what possibilities there are
kinda ya
I think you're doubting your own abilities there lol
if I can get thrown a bunch of wires and shit several years ago and make something move, you can take EEG data and work with it lol
though to be fair the closest mentor I've had in robotics besides attending and listening to lectures is talking to Kota lmaoo
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this is what it looks like lmao
idk what the axes even are
a fellow intern from UCLA was working on EEG signals and he just read online and stuff to figure out how to map it and stuff
but we're getting besides the point
I think you need to narrow down exactly what you're looking for
and then decide what things you're doing fits what you're looking for
because, to be blunt, if you don't know what you're looking for and pile so much on your plate it becomes very real that you miss what you're looking for as you're rummaging through other parts of your plate
*a very real possibility
that's actually asking for a lot to know what you want to do
but burning out isn't worth the price
tru
(I feel like this is the third time we've had this convo lol)
its most definitly is
we'll probably continue to have these convos throughout and after college lol
that's fine by me haha
and if you want to practice ML on a real platform
why not a robot
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wait but u said real
🐱
:'(
anyway, you got an idea of what to do now?
ya kinda
i'm gonna take a nap to get out of this funk
yeh, sleeping always flushes away bad mojo feels
i think its just cuz all 3 major clubs MUN, Sci OLy and BOtbal are all ramping up at the same time
well for Sci Oly you got a pretty reliable team of juniors to catch you
MUN idk how that works but Jenn, Wong, and Vara are pretty dedicated right?
Botball is huge, plus you're with da bois
I'm saying, you don't have to worry too much and you should just go ask ppl if they can cover for you if you're getting too caught up with stuff
g'night w/ dat nap man!
thankss
and don't worry about reading my college essays since you're so busy lol, I can ask someone else
I wonder if it's since I'm CADing in night or if the 3D environment is making me motion sick lol
Fri, Jan 26th 2018, 7:25 am
lol does that actually happen?
I used to get sick from watching any virtual 3D motion lol
lol damn
I get sick from VR but usually if it's a flat screen it's fine
That's quite the skill you got there
You feeling better today?
ya sloghtly
but I spent all first block tryna so MUN stuff
we're on a big pickle right now lol
What kinda pickle? I thought you weren't doing HMUN
nah for the other muns
just organizing problems. we had to wait for Iman to confirm she was going to naimun and then the hotel said our rooming expired so we have to get a new order
Ahh
Iman gets her own room? :o
nah like all of our rooming expired
bc we said that we were unsure about one person
so we're trying to get the order in again
Oh....
Let me know if ya need anything
thanks
Fri, Jan 26th 2018, 12:59 pm
Did ya bring the hovercraft kit?
yup
What class u got rn?
latin
Sat, Jan 27th 2018, 10:17 am
Wait who's going to the HMUN dance tonight
I mean
some of the HMUN ppl probably
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Btw i heard its bad to say passion
But I use passionate in my first line lol
well it's not bad
just don't overuse it
and make sure whenever u use "passsionate" to describe urself you have a bunch of other concrete examples
Oh
Alright
I just used it once
Lol
ya that's fine
As I review these last two apps the more I doubt myself lol
My writing capabilities
oh shit I forgot to read urs
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Dun stress about it
Just do what you need to do first lol
And if you can't then it's fine I can just submit as is and call it a day
when r u planning on submitting again
Sat, Jan 27th 2018, 3:29 pm
tonight lol
shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms7NoUmgRto
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Scott Kuindersma, assistant professor of engineering and computer science, is conducting research on how to control robotic motion, seeking to emulate some o...
Harvard just bought a Cassie
AGILITY ROBOTICS IS A VIABLE BUSINESS
now the question is who will get it to run first? Caltech, Harvard, UMich, or Oregon?
My money is on UMich
oh nice
Wanna try and steal it with me?
🐱
🐱
man, that's like 4 universities that bought a Cassie
I bet Agility Robotics is so rich now
if you don't factor in the R&D cost
mmmmm such viability
how much does each cost
Agility Robotics wouldn't disclose specific numbers, saying only that their goal is to end up with sub-$100K robots
-quoted from when Oregon made the first prototype Cassie
so um, probably the same price as a luxury car...
*more than luxury cars apparently
ya luxury cars are like 60000
more like a private jet
I bet Agility Robotics have mad revenue man 💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💸💸💸💸💸💸💸💸
Can private jets walk? I bet you fucking no
can Cassie walk? I bet you fucking no
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ouch
Japan already has the concept of walking planes nailed though
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/69/cf/0b/69cf0b82cc479cde9cb727fdf6f70436--space-ship-model-kits.jpg
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it looks fucking sick
I wish those existed
Isnt that just a transformer
apparently the show is called Macross
and ppl pilot planes
that for some reason have legs
lol
freaking amazing
Do you think I can sneak onto Harvard's campus and go take a look at that Cassie?
or would that be called
"trespassing"
I'm reading an article about Agility Robotics rn
"When I asked Jones if Cassie can do anything useful at the moment, he laughed and said, “That’s a low blow.” " -The interviwer
Did you write that article?
Not gonna lie, I would love to work with the ppl at Agility Robotics and Oregon now
well u have ur ticket there at university of Oregon right
btw can u make the botball meeting today at 8?
wat
I thought it was tomorrow
lmao u gotta check the discord man
mah apps
fuk
I got into Oregon, fuck apps
oh right
the deadlines feb 1st right?
gud one
after the meeting we can do an editing sess
you're too good for me
<3
<3
so is that a yes for the meeting?
yeh
The article is just bashing Agility Robotics and how their Chief Engineering lives in a Tin Barn on a farm 😢 But it's so cool it's like the picturesque local robotics company (probably actually the only one lol) Jonathon Hurst, the power player Roboticist is apparently buds with a local machinist who does all the metal working for the robots and the machinist is an older big gruff guy
who visits the same pub for the last 25 years
Read this short piece:
Right now, the process for manufacturing Cassie is a farm-to-table affair. Jones lives on a piece of his family’s farm in a sheet metal structure. The research is done at the university in nearby Corvallis. All of the machining for the robot happens at a local machine shop that has a long-standing relationship with Hurst and his particular needs as a roboticist, and the assembly is done at Agility HQ in Albany. But if Cassie is the future of ambulatory humanoid robots, it’s hard to see how the company can keep their process as hyper-local as it is now. The tension between Agility Robotics’ aspirations and its homegrown process became clear at the Ram-Z Fab shop in Corvallis, where Cassie’s parts are made. The shop owner is Scott Ramsey, a large and friendly man with a gruff exterior. All along the walls are calendars and posters from a pub called Squirrel’s Tavern, going back to 1993. Ramsey tells me he’s been going to Squirrel’s every week for 25 years. “You gonna keep it local?” Ramsey asked Hurst with a grunt in the front office of Ram-Z Fab. “Yep,” Hurst replied. “This is a great place to built a company; it’s about half the cost of doing business.” The previous day, at the OSU robotics lab where Cassie got its start, Hurst told me in unambiguous terms: “The goal of Agility is to grow aggressively.”
Jones is the Chief Engineering for Agility, he was Hursts' student prior to that
hmm interesting
As an entrepreneur (who apparently likes to write books), what do you think about their current situation?
well they're probably not gonna stay local especially since it looks like this product is starting to attract customera
what do you mean "looks like" >:((( THEY SOLD 4 UNITS
and also they stated their goal to be an affordable (<$100,000 lol) robot which I'm not sure they can do by relying on local businesses
well I guess since its not a mass market product they might be able to avoid outsourcing the manufacturing
their manufacturing will probably have to expand beyond Scott from Corvallis tho lol
But Scott sounds like a fucking badass
all machinists are badasses I think
why is a local business not possible?
Wasn't Siracha (the sauce) able to keep their business local even to this day?
and they're still a successful company, even keeping their price the same all these years
really? well Idk anything about siracha lol but
Cassie can be the Siracha sauce of robots @_@
since its a robotics company and I assume they want to move out of the market of purely research purposes by large and wealthy institutions, they will probably need something that could support higher volume
economics of scale
I'll make the robots for free
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plus i might be wrong but Oregon doesn't seem like it will attract a lot of ppl for further R&D
I'm sure if they can attract ppl like me they can attract other robo idiots
as long as they make cool shit pure robo nerds will flock there
Plus Jonathon Hurst is such a power player
I've been able to read and listen to more lectures
he's been a key figure in almost all but 1 of UMich's legged robots, he's behind Aaron Ames' (Stacy guy) last two robots, etc. etc.
the dude pops up everywhere
jk jk, I'm putting this guy up on a pedestal too much lol
but if I do know one thing for sure
I do agree that the next robot Agility Robotics creates will make or break the company
Cassie was created within a year of its founding (using a 1 million dollar grant from DARPA that Hurst got from making ATRIAS)
they confirmed that the next bot will walk and have arms but idk if their control software/autonomy will be enough
Sat, Jan 27th 2018, 11:06 pm
hmmm tbh I feel like Jeremy and Venkat get shit on a bit too much
like I don't think it's a bad thing that Jeremy was excited about starting the robot and drew up a design lol. and I don't think he's gonna be actively trying to take over or anything
Yeh...
We kinda did that with Chad
and also i dont think Venkat "corrupted" all the other freshmen or that specifically he needs to be singled out as ready to be kicked compared with any of the other freshmen/degenerate group. I also remember that when he was working on a robot last yr he didn't "take over and deny everyone else" it's cuz no one in his group wanted to work except him
the only thing is that Venkat just annoys all of us more than the others I don't think he has more of a negative benefit to the team as a whole tho then say Noah Wilson
which I feel like it's our job as officers to separate personal bias from decisions and not purposefully disadvantage ppl we don't like (like when we were planning on giving the degenerates a random task that would accomplish nothing but keep them busy, that was not really fair). and don't get me wrong I think Venkats a little cunt too but I also think he shouldnt be singled out or disadvantaged bc I/we think of him that way
I was gonna say that during the meeting but we moved on and it didn't seem relevant so I didn't, but just wanted to get it out lol
*negative impact, not negative benefit
I see what you're talking about and I do agree
But even if this point was brought up it would've been pretty shot down by David and Ethan (if he was there)
They have a hard time removing personal bias
As we both know
ya...
Also are you feeling ok
You seemed really tilted as that group list thing went on
well I was titled when it started becoming memey
That whole situation got more and more ironic as we argued over a little thing lol
like at the beginning it was a suggestion by max and I disagreed and we had a discussion
I didn't think it got memey, rather it just got more confusing as the talking went on
Like with the awkward analogy and then jenn having a different view on it
Sure there were memes but it wasn't anymore than what we already had spewing prior I think
really? the analogies were complete memes and then neither u or David gave a reason for why u agreed to it and Jennifer was arguing against it but accidentally argued for it
You also didn't take a cold one bottle home with ya my boi!!
lol nah it's ok I've had enough cold ones today
thanks tho
I thought the analogies max were trying to go for were fairly legitimate until we all started laughing at the idea of the comparison
I still don't understand why it would help anything tho
The reason why I agreed was that besides just some more work for us it isn't much of a thing for us to do
I was going to put in a psych anecdote but thought it would just steer too far away lol
but it just makes it harder to understand the document
Ppl always interpret things with a bias right? It's just default that we have a schema on how we interpret the world
the list idea is to list everyone's name in no particular order and next to each name u have "Balanced, Create"
And a lot of ppl are insecure about themselves and how other ppl view them. Especially highschoolers
like over and over again
So even the way you present data will be interpreted differently by different ppl
how would that fix the problem of the group's will be listed anyway farther down in the document with the descriptions
*if
Hold on itttsss hard to type on this piece of glassss
lol sorry
This would be easier if the phone had hands
Anyway
When you present a piece of data to someone it will occupy what they're thinking about right
So instead of them noticing oh hey blank is listed before me and I'm not in blank group
They notice oh I'm in this group
ya ik but even as trivial as the problem that the list is suppose to solve is, the list still wouldn't solve it
In the end, yes you're right they will probably still think that
but it says the group names right next to their names....
But the point is that that feeling of wtf why am I not here is mitigated and they won't care as much
? how
they're gonna find out their groups anyways
this just makes the document less clear and it will take them longer to actually find out who the other members of their group are
Cuz of the order they take in the data, they look for group first and be petty second
Stuff like this is also why there are shows about housewives complaining about each other and how much their husbands make lol
why is that relevant to botball tho
why would it matter if they find out their groups through a harder process than if their groups are right there
if they have problems with which group they're in they will ahve those problems regardless
Cuz apparently some juniors are sensitive, which now that I think about it I've never actually seen for myself lol save for a few times I got stuck in a convo with Andrea and vara complaining about something
they're not gonna stop having those problesm if the groups are put in farther down the document cersus if they're actually just stated at the top
I think the point wasn't that they wouldn't have the problem, they still would regardless. Making the doc a bit convoluted is to mitigate that feeling they get of why am I not blank
It's like messy damage control lol
Which is ironic in of itself
also this has nothing to do with if u stab a knife quickly versus if u slowly sink a knife into someone. idk why Max made that analogy except for memes
Oh that actually might've been a meme lol
I was referring to the hammer one
right but the problems will still be there regardless of the organization right
Yes the problems will still be there
It's just a question of
so its literally just trying to solve the visceral 1 second reaction that some ppl apparently will get if they see their name below another person's, except it won't actually solve it bc they will just scroll down tot he cell descriptions and get that visceral reaction then instead of at the top of the doc
Are they so rattled that they would do something about it or be fairly rattled and not do anything
Damn how did you get to type so quick on glass man lol
practice lol
It's not stopping the problem I think, it's trying to lower the severity of the feeling they get
but they just have to scroll down and they get the same feeling
its just moving one thing down
and then adding a list
Of course none of us know if this will actually work since psychologists still don't have a great way to measure emotion lmao
The idea I think at its base core is to make the process of getting that info more exhaustive so that the feeling/reaction from interpreting that info is toned down due to the brain already having to go through the convoluted path to get to the info
It's kinda like why those medicine ads always puts the bad side effects at the end and says it really fast
In the end you still get the info
But the info is presented poorly and the beginning of the ad was nice shots of someone living a healthy life
Thus you're more impacted by the first part of the ad
For example I can tell you what blank medicine does but I can't tell you all the bad side effects (unless it's super severe like cancer, but in our comparison finding out you're not in blank group should not be as bad as cancer I hope lol)
I think that's the most stripped down explanation I can come up with rn
I'm not gonna lie man
It's pretty nice that we can convos like this
Like debating two points
And not be heated at each other, idk if it's just that I've never had enough of these kinds of convos
But it feels pretty rare to be able to talk to someone like this
Thanks man
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Why is it so goddamn hard to gently move a 3D virtual object in 3D space
I'm just gonna wing it, fuk checking measurements
...
I'm going to go recheck my measurements
lol
I still can't believe u can't move it a certain distance
I k on Google sketchup u drag it then while holding down the mouse u type a coordinate with ur keyboard and it jumps there
not sure about CAD
in scarier news
the program manager of beaverworks was indicted for running a criminal human trafficking sex ring O_O
http://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/groveland-man-among-indicted-in-sex-trafficking-ring/article_05337818-d1dd-5620-9f8d-62007f763cd2.html
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BOSTON – Ten people, including a Groveland man, have been indicted in connection with a sex trafficking and money laundering operation in which women were sold for sex in Bay
John vivilecchia
the scary thing is he seemed like a pretty nice guy
Geezus
That's some intense shit
I guess that just shows ppl have many layers
And some ppl have layers from hell
actually that explains something. I've been emailing back and forth the beaverworks organizers about MAhacks since last fall, and on an email sent in early Sept. Vivilecchia was CC'd and the main person responding and after the end of September he inexplicably dissapered from the email chain and someone else started responding
*someone else
thats insane
he was so nice
Holy shit
Why would one even do such a thing
Did it get him a lot of money or something? I find it hard to believe otherwise
Unless he enjoys that and is mentally deranged
what if Beaverworks was partly funded by money laundered from as sex ring O_O
i feel unclean
lol I doubt he would use the money from his sex ring to fund an academia program
Unless he's for whatever reason super into funding stem ed
tru
Yeh idk
Some ppl you just don't feel comfortable or at ease with
But even the ppl who seem calm and nice at first can turn out to be insane
ya....
It feels like a plot twist of a movie
ya ikr im still kinda mind blown
except it's real lol
i painted yellow beavers onto a race track with that man :'(
LOL
Now that man is getting hunted down for human trafficking
How does that happen in this area though
Are the victims undocumented or missing ppl whose cases were dropped
i don't think its a missing persons case, but its coercing women to work as "escorts"
Wait is that a prostitute then?2
ya basically
which is illegal
i think sex-trafficking is basically just euphamism for prostitution
Ooh
Human trafficking sounds a lot more severe for some reason to me
Like when i saw that word I thought of slavery
actually same
i think human-trafficking is the overall term
so it could also include slavery
and sex-trafficking is one part
I guess you can now say that you were face to face with a human trafficker and lived to tell the tale
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oh btw unrelated and not to rehash what i was talking about previously (abotu botball)
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this kinda triggers me
its kinda unecessarily rude imo
tell me if i'm being a bit petty here
Jeremy was excited to work on the strat so he created a document, and after posting it to the discord he also asked me to look over it and give feedback
like why is that something that would get Jeremy trashed on
iit seems stupid
Why did Jeremy delete his own stuff?
Wait that's Jen lol
I saw the J and the dog and just assumed it was the same person talking
Jen said "this is what i'm talking about" referring to when Jen got triggerd that Jeremy was working on botball, and Max and Jen are meming about how shes gonna delete all of Jeremy's work
Yeh that was pretty harsh
ik it might be a bit petty
but like
i got a bit triggered when i saw this
why does Jeremy get trashed on when he doesn't do work and trashed on more when he does work
I think max is just a hardcore memer of an intense next level scale but I don't think he means harm
I think the reason Jeremy gets trashed on is actually a bit similar to why Ethan gets trashed on
ya i agree max is def a well intentioned guy i just feel sometimes he lets memes get the better of his judgement
For a guy who'd rather live in the woods of Oregon and build robots I like to take notice on how ppl interact with each other
I noticed that both Jeremy and Ethan tend to like to steer convos back to themselves often enough where ppl get annoyed by it
And both have mannerisms that some ppl find not to the norm, from Ethan's flamboyance and Jeremy's rapid fire speech, which are both things that ppl shouldn't be mean about but they can be mean about
Essentially ppl can target ppl who don't fit into the form of social norm perfectly
ya :/
idk i just got an intense visceral reaction bc it just seems like such an unfair thing
like what does Jeremy have to do to not get memed? If he slacks off ppl meme him for wanting to be a leader in Botball, if he does work ppl meme him for wanting to be a leader in Botball
its hard to see close friends act like dickheads sometimes
when they probably don't realize it or intend it that way
Well the truth is just that people act differently around different people
I think it also might be ppl questioning the genuinelity/reason for him wanting to be a leader
I used to value genuine interest and stuff a lot and wonder why so many ppl wanna get a CS job even though they don't really like it
As we both know there is a natural preconceived notion if someone is doing a club cuz they like it or if they just want to put it on college apps
*notion of interest/hard work
Though I feel like this is more of something that I ponder about more lol
I really doubt ppl are meaning Jeremy cuz of his genuineness
It's honestly just cuz he's an easy target to them with fuel to burn
ya .... :/
*probably just cuz
uh its stupid
I actually wonder what's the social reason for being mean
idk why i'm overreacting to this. im feeling an overwhelming frustration about how society works
this is honestly not unlike Vara pre-Disney
everyone hated him for no fucking reason except he was an easy target
for some reason some ppl just need to have someone to be there to constantly make fun of
its stupid
That's actually a good point
Why does it end up being a single person
We can meme each other and get the same laughs and neither of us are hurt or broken down
But once the interactions move to larger gourds then it breaks down
3 ppl maybe but 4 then it can turn to targeting
well the difference is we're meming eachother to eachother's faces. But for example above, Jen and Max are meming Jeremy but Jeremy has no consent or any part of the convo
Wait those two convos were separate? Idk how discord works still lol
its when a group repeatedly memes someone who's not there, it becomes more targetting than just meming
well no in this case they did it right in front of him but i'm saying the dialgoue was still b/w jen and max towards Jeremy, even tho its in the same chat
its not Jen like talking to Jeremy and teasing him
and the fact that they just did it right there is unecessarily rude
i'm just imagining working in a team and I get started working on something, and when I show the other ppl what I've worked on they make fun of me for working on it and joke about destroying it bc its "irrelevant"
smh. i'm making this a bigger deal than it is but i feel like it happens to Jeremy unjustifiably much
It's normal for you to be mad about mistreatment lol
If ppl weren't like that we would be in quite the shitty world rn
and again I'm sure Max and Jen are well intentioned, but they should've seen how douchey they're acting. i k memes come from somewhere, but when it gets out of hand, ppl just start defining someone by the meme they have of them
We're using the meme so much in serious convos it's starting to feel like a more revered word now
When you break it down though
It's more about respect
This doesn't happen to us since we have mutual respect and stuff with the ppl we work with
But for some ppl like Ethan and Jeremy, for whatever reason, just have the same level of respect
And that can come from variousssssss factors from mannerisms, perceived work ethic, perceived knowledge, public attitude, the tone of their voice, etc.
And from that lack of respect they get trashed on more
Though in some cases the lack or respect comes from understandable sources, it's just that once you lose it it becomes exponentially harder to gain it back
Similar to trust I suppose
ya
damn ic AP Psych has paid off
you've become quite the psychologist
LOL thanks man
Anyway
We can just talk to ppl and tell them to tone down on Jeremy
ya i already messaged max but he hasn't responsed
i'm not gonna tell Jen lol but if u want to u can
lol I was about to say the same thing
When vara was going on a rampage about college
Jenn told me how he apparently was acting not ok towards her and Cornell
So when vara called me to vent I told him that jenn didn't feel good about his attitude about Cornell and stuff (I assumed it was fairly public info since at lunch she was telling a lot of ppl)
And then the next day vara apologizes to jenn but she was mad at me for telling vara about how he hurt her
So the gist of that experience for me was to never take phone calls ever again
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Ppl are hard man
ya....
Welp I better catch some Zs cuz I don't I'm in a good condition to CAD or read over essays anymore lol
Eyes droopin and cold one sippin
Good night man
gnight
oh shit we never had the essay sess
i can read it over now and leave comments
Nah don't worry about it
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Sun, Jan 28th 2018, 2:11 pm
Should i use umich or Michigan robotics....
Sun, Jan 28th 2018, 5:18 pm
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wdym
Michigan Robotics is what they call their robotics division rn
but UMich is the actual uni
so idk which one to use lol
use in what context
my first sentence:
"Once I saw the robots at Michigan Robotics I knew it was the place to be."
ya u can just call if Michigan rkbtosjcs
thanks man
Mon, Jan 29th 2018, 12:15 am
quick question about magnets for Mission possible
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074119YWN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_w.78zbEEP2E23
why do we need 1 mm x 5 mm magnets
aren't those tiny
Wait I thought we already had magnets
no we never bought them
the one we used at MIT was borrowed from Angus
Mon, Jan 29th 2018, 10:11 am
LOL
Ic ic
I suppose we can just order larger magnets then
Or just show up with a magnetic screw driver
lol tru
im sure someone can just bring a strong magnet from home
What if my faulty legs are a sign for me to further pursue legged locomotion
or just a terrible omen forboding me about how it's never going to work
lol so like ur legs are gonna stop function by 30 so u make it ur life mission to make replacement legs before then
you get the Build Replacement Legs achievement bur your Humanity score goes down to 50%
LMAO
good one
that's the dream
the question then would be would I want a knee-locking feature and inverted knees
the tru questions to ponder
lol
btw has there ever been a robotics startup?
i mean ya theres been a lot
The only robo companies that I can think of that go for big complicated robos (and only robos, so no cars like Toyota and Honda) are iRobot and BD and DJI lol
like JIBO is a startup technically
i think Agility RObotics is a startup
but DJI does drones and BD never sold a robot :'(
yeh, they are
iRobot started as a startup
I need more hope in Agility Robotics
the challenge is just huge startup cost sfor robot companies bc fricking hardware
I think their workforce are some grad kids and one undergrad from OSU rn lol
so you're saying it's capitalism's fault? HMMMMM
no
i think its robotic's fault
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I mean if BD survived w/o selling a robot
then other places can do it too amirite
isnt that basically just eating taxpayer money
with no output or benefit to society
lol
pshh
you kiddin' me?
The benefit is the advancement of tech and science
duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
and maybe helping out in disaster situation
_maybe_
btw I found this:
https://www.shapeways.com/product/LXHGRYL47/cassie-v2?optionId=61420369&li=marketplace
what would we do without those dinos
It seems that Andy Abate, the mech head of Cassie is selling models of the robot
TIME TO BUY ONE AND SUPPORT THEM
thats actually pretty cool
25-26 bucks... holy shit
it's worth it
it's for the future of legs
T_T
maybe uh maybe u should save that money
for useful things
let's be honest here
what else would I spend the money on
besides other robot parts and cold ones lol
it's not like I'm going to pay for a date or anything anytime soon
lol
investment into a Roth IRA account?
what the fuck is that
I won't have to worry about that if I'm off the grid amirite
I can easily hide in the forests of Oregon
i dont think Agility Robotics is off the grid
who knows
they could actually be secretly rich
funded by the Chinese
the Chinese trying to make robo soldiers for the future Great War for Alaska
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tru
i actually haven't had one run where the US was super succesful
in the war
The one where I got to make stupidly cool giant robot mechs
also had the US fairly successful
the end global influence was like 52%-48% or something lol
lol
oh i think actually when I went ham on military+++ and sold ruthlessly to the military it ended up somewhere like that
and then I invaded and took over Alaska right after
holy crap
you warmonger you
I kinda also want the model to study how the joints attach to each other
since I don't have 100 grand + to drop on a Cassie robot :'(
idk how the resolution would be
u probably could get the same information from just watching videos closely
but I watched all the videos already
(turning off adblock of course ;)))))
lmao
I'mma buy one
holy shit
with shipping
it's 30 bucks...
th actually
that's 12 high mag cold ones
6 gallons of cold ones
6 gallooooooooonss
DON'T TEMPT ME WITH YOUR SWEET WORDS
technically this is better for my health
6 gallons of cold ones might kill me and my gains
so buying this model
I support one of the engineers at Agility AND I'm healthier AND I get the closest thing possible to the actual machine
I'm going to be so bad with personal finances in the future lol
lol
or u could try CADing Cassie as a challenge
and 3d print it urself
wouldn't that be a bit of a waste of time? Since in the end I wouldn't be CADing something that actually moves
but rather a model
what if I just mail then 30 bucks
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lol
i'm pretty sure the comparative value of $30 is higher with u than with Cassie
maybe they can buy their employees donuts with ur money
which would motivate them to not give up on this venture
that's pretty worth amirite
lol i guess
btw u down for Dual booting this weekend?
or on Wednesday
yeh sure
still not sure if the touchscreen feature will be applicable unless we wanna hunt for drivers like madmen lol
Holy shot that fits so well
Mon, Jan 29th 2018, 2:18 pm
Can you tell K imma be late
Mon, Jan 29th 2018, 7:16 pm
yea sure
lol thx man
I feel like I've been dropping the ball on sci oly recently
I'm sorry about that man
it's fine
Gramps computer broke
Turning it into a Linux machine
One by one Linux shall conquer the world
lmaoo
uh oh
I changed the language setting to Chinese
and now I don't know how to use it
lmao
why
cuz he only speaks Chinese
I got everything to work now
but it would've been smarter to install in English and then change it to Chinese later lol
alright time to turn my last two apps and finally be free
oh shit
do u want me to edit them still
or do u think it's too late
you can take a read over if you want
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vPs6NkIy_2GY2i-XX7Iy-Oqh5iHzxJ37xO1p78wJ6-g/edit?usp=sharing
^^^ That's UMich
hmm I don't want to give u any last minute doubts. I'll just check for grammar and stuff
I technically have 3 days
oh ok
if something is offsounding I would rather you say it sucks than have the AO say it sucks lol
wait, do you have an ETA on your read-through?
if there isn't anything like terrible I was planning to send them out tonight lol
actually scratch that lol, pops wants it in sooner than later
oh im reading them now
should be done in like 5 min
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the main thing about the essay ^ probs
that i would try to edit
can I use laboratory
lol
ok finished
just some wording issues
<3
the content is alright??
I'm surprised
ya i think so. it is honest to urself so that's good
"I love business so much, I want to make a big ass company and make huge dosh"
thanks man
I was just worried about my WPI being too boring
oh i didn't read ur WPI one yet
oh lol
wait can u link me up lol\
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wYEWCHC0ppX7vaHFmsgIHLaWv2Y80kRbWDjqaA4n5ng/edit?usp=sharing
in the meantime
the chorus of this song is stuck in my head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZEURntrQOg
listening to it is pretty uplifting
but it's a song for and about people who are in happy relationships
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tru :'( let me dream
lol, it'll be alright
ill tell u a story after i finsh reading wpi
exciting
ok done
Thank you so much
I really owe ya
so what's that story?
(I'm a bit confused on your last comment from UMich
i would find something a bit more contrasty for this, since u later still just list machines of the future Justin Yu Justin Yu 10:01 PM Today actually u could just replace "robots" in the latter statement with something less machine, and it would be fine)
so like ur saying "not only the machines of the future, but the ___ ___ __ of the future"
it didnt seem like u contrasted the two enough
its like saying "I won't jsut create the machines, I will create robots"
the structure of the sentence implies like the second thing is related but on a higher level
so u said "comapnies, helpers and robots of the future"
if u just replace robots with something else
than it would be fine
"sex toys"
yeee
huh, I'm actually having a hard time thinking of what robots could be besides helpers and companions lol
I can't exactly just say
"disaster relief methods"
what if I just do this lol
With so many opportunities for students at the College of Engineering to study both robotics and other fields, I know that UMichigan is the place for creating not only the machines of the future but also the companions and helpers of the future.
ya that sounds good
aight
so what was that story?
sorry ashley spontaenous called me lol
is still calling me
LOL
is she doing alright at UChicago?
ya i think so
shes really stressed
but i asume thats just what college is
is it cuz of the academic rigor over there?
ya
oh shit speaking of academic rigor when is the web assign due
When I was a slave on reddit I read a lot of stories of ppl being stressed out at UC Hicago, but always on their sophomore year they hit their stride
LMAO
gud one
it's due tomorrow
so you're still good
Jan 30 2018 11:59 PM EST
oh phew
oh actually thats good news
wait really? is that a thing at UChicago
I'm just going to do it tomorrow
idk how it is for everyone of course
but a fair amount of ppl were talking about that
nice
if that helps you can tell her that
that's pretty adorable that you and Ashley call each other
lol i mean
wouldn't u call home in college
do you think I call home rn lol
I'll probably end up flying/driving my way back for winter vaca, show up in the living room one day and everything would just be chill
lol
I'm still curious about that story you wanted to tell?
Tue, Jan 30th 2018, 8:01 am
oh lol woops
Did you forget the story lol?
You coming this block?
oh ya
probably not the whole blocj
I have an English quiz
Lkkkkk
I'm there
oh actually do u see a computer charger and phone charger somewhere in the room
both are blacj
Let me check
Are you coming now or later?
the phone chargers probably in the corner table by the board
I have to find a good time to sneak out
Wait wut
I thought you had a study rn
was I suppose to get a pass
You can just ask if you can get a pass lol
well I have one of the more anal retentive teachers
And then run back to show your teacher it
That's what I did
wait is it ok if I actually don't
or I can come during lunch
sorry I didn't realize I had so much English shit to read
Lolllll
Sure
I found ur chargers btw
oh sicc
But we also have the problem that mr Mack is missing some of his chargers
And he told us that we should probably clean up better
oh really
also sorry for not being there lol I feel like I'm dropping the ball on Botball a bit
but everything is going crazy rn
It's fine lol
We gotchu
We a team mah boi
<3
oh btw
did u k in latin we learned about a Celtic tribe called the Boii
memes everywhere
Wat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boii
"The Boii were a Gallic tribe of the later Iron Age"
"According to the ancient authors, the Boii arrived in northern Italy by crossing the Alps"
"this combination "Boii-dwellers" may have meant "those who dwell where the Boii formerly dwelt""
Their former territory was now called "Deserted Boii". However, the Boii had not been exterminated
That's fuking amazing
Btw do you have time after school today?
i have to go home on the bus bc neither my parents are home so I have to go home early to take care of grandparents / walk dog
but I'm available for like 10 min before the bus
why?
Max and I are probs going to be running through a lot of ideas
welp
And if you had some I don't want you to be out of the loop
uh i can call in
Kkkkkk
but i will be on a bus so i will probably just listen and not talk until i get home
What lunch you got?
2nd
Damn I got 3rd
I'll leave a sheet of paper full of ideas on Chad in the closet when I leave
lol ok
its done
i left MGH
:O
I don't think it's appropriate for me to say congrats given the context
So I'll say
Congrats on knowing what you want/balancing your time!
thanks
but it still feels mehh
at least now I can ffocus more on my independent study which I've been neglecting
that can be my research thing
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Just don't chomp off more than you can physically chew man
i left my master design on the back of Max's, the graph paper sheet
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My ideas are mainly using an external source of force to help the arm up
this could be rubber bands in the back (think Sci Oly robot arm lols)
I have bad memories of that
You dropping by today?
ye but really quick
We have been prototyping so much and so fast
ya
It's too bad I'm not really free this week :/
how's the new one looking?
are u guys still there
Max and I cleaned up and left around 3:30
I've just been calling colleges for the past hour lol
need to update some info and shiz
oh dang
turns out my middle name has a hyphen in it
who knew amirite
lol dafuq
what's ur middle name
jk jk
idk
it's like
Hao Chuan or something
so ur Chinese name is Hao Chuan Xing?
wouldn't it be
Xing Hao Chuan?
oh ya other way around
or as I usually go by: Roy
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oh yeh, I almost forgot
last week we were talking about schedules
I said I would ask if you were still scheduling things up to 2AM
...
are you still scheduling things up to 2 AM?
oh
uh
ya
niceeee
it's fineeeee
can't tell if you lyin' or not
I am still scheduling things till 2
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bruh
it's ok bc I'm gonna take a 90 min nap now and reschedule everything to 3:30 AM
there's nothing to worry about
I'm going to give you links to the webassign problems lol
I finished them in ohysics
thanks tho <3
dayumn boii
seeeee I got this under wraps
lemme k if u want to compare answers
I didn't save any of the links I used but they were all on first page of Google search and I only used it for 2 questions
ic ic
thx thx
alrighty then, don't overload urself!
have a nice nappo
Tue, Jan 30th 2018, 7:11 pm
thankss
alright finally submitted all mah apps
congrats boii
ur free
free after I write a midyear update lol
oh truuu
I have to do that too
really?? :O
I know for MIT
but Weedtown has one too?
I thought Weedtown didn't have one
oh I was talking about mit
not sure about weedtown
When I checked Weedtown didn't have one
ok good
oh btw I didn't tell my story
the funny story is that Jen hates my guts :D
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uh idk if that's something the pussy meme is for
first off, you feeling alright?
maybe that's more appropriate
geezus
jk I'm not dying or anything lol
but it does feel shitty
Do you know why/where did you find this info
Cuz that's some harsh shit
oh I talked to her on monday
when I disappeared for a while it was Jen and I outside talking
Oh....
well we agreed to talk bc I knew she hated my guts after Vara showed her that message back during harvardpocalypse
and we mutually agreed to just talk and cleae things up
I mean we talked and we did clear a lot up (apparently Vara completely exaggerated her being pissed at me for no reason, she said she only got mad at me after he showed her the text)
but still walked away from the talk feeling really disconnected
she also opened by saying "you know were never gonna be that close of friends right? but I just don't want to be fighting"
I mean is it really a fight if only one side hates the others guts lol
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I'm gonna pussy meme my way to happiness
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Oh man
That's uh damn
So when vara showed her the msg that made her really dislike you to this day?
ya apparently
it also doesn't help that we never see another during school or ever anyways so there's no much chance to mend the friendship. it just festers
*eachother
Aw
But you guys still got clubs doe right
well only botball
MUN we don't really talk / she's not really there a lot
Wut bout mun and venture cafe n stuff
Oh
Hmmm
she doesn't do that anymore
I guess in an ironic way if she's still mad at you then she kinda reinforced your comment
That probably didn't make you feel better
Ignore that msg
Well I suppose the next thing is: what do you want?
Next thing to sort out
don't really k
I mean I want to be close friends with her again
but I guess it is true that through the whole affair I've lost some respect for her as well
Hmm I'm not the best with this kind of stuff but
I think that time is the main thing rn
Like time to let things settle, time to let sharp feelings dull, time to grow, time to find peace
ya...
I mean tbh I've been trying to let it settle since she started hating me in Novemrber lol
I guess I don't have college apps to distract me anymore
I would offer to talk to her for you but I don't think I know her well enough lol
Time takes a while though
ya, that's ok
Just to clear things up though you're not sad about her hating you despite your old crush right. More sad about losing a close friend?
ya
it's more about being close friends
we've been friends since 7th grade and we've definitely been at odds over bigger things. for some reason this is the one that has killed it
I'm finding this whole thing and my schedule stress are mixing quite well to make a big anxiety cocktail lol
Geezus
My only kind of similar experience was with Bella
And that eventually soothed out before she just kind of went MIA with social media for a couple years
I know she and I also didn't live in the same area at the time
But just like normal convos, taking some time off
Eventually the jagged edges smoothes out
Just honestly takes a while
didn't u just move away?
or did it happen while u guys were still classmates
It could/probably is also she's stressed with things like college and her own commitments
Nah that was like late middle school man lol
Do you guys have any events coming up where you guys can just hang out?
Like MAhacks?
ya I guess MAHacks
and BOSMUN and NAIMUN
oh god 3 weekends in a row
honestly I kinda don't k how to approach / talk to her anymore. I feel like everything I say has the potential to offend her
I think you should just act like you guys used to be like before Harvard apocalypse
Don't be like super cheesy or pushy with being nice
Just be chill ya feel
ya
but she actively avoids me lol
oh well I can't control that
I'll just try
She actively avoids you? Dang
ya like in the hall I see her walking eith friends and she just moves to the opposite side so her friends are blocking between
Oh man I'm sorry
Does anyone know about this?
Cuz you guys have a large amount of mutual friends
only Vara that I k of
but idk who she telld
Ahh
I suppose it's best for now if you don't think about it too much
Don't get engulfed in what ifs and if onlys
ya
in jr year and first half of this school yr when I was on a roll, I paid really close attention to time and scheduling and made sure I alloted enough time to get all my tasks done and had a whole system to make sure i stayed on track.
now time seems to just pass by in a blur, its a lot more fluid and i feel like it passes by at different times throughout the day and I don't have that same structure or acuity anymore
i've found myself thinking and staring into space and like 20 min passes by lol tho it feels like 2
Wed, Jan 31st 2018, 2:50 am
holy shit Elon Musk made $7.5 million selling flamethrowers as a joke https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/elon-musk-is-selling-a-boring-company-flamethrower-because-why-not/
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The official Boring Company flamethrower “starts shipping in spring.”
Wed, Jan 31st 2018, 7:49 am
Yeh time is interesting
I don't think ppl can actually sense time, ppl perceive it differently. It's really an invention of mankind
And that's pretty insane that he can do that lol
Wed, Jan 31st 2018, 10:18 am
Are ya going to be here after school?
Wanna dual boot after botball?
ya. I have to see petty first
Sounds Gucci
Wed, Jan 31st 2018, 5:22 pm
Story about that Chad time took longer than I thought
Wed, Jan 31st 2018, 11:48 pm
ya know wut
fuk it
Google Sketch here I come
Thu, Feb 1st 2018, 2:26 pm
Where u at
Here u at
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lmao thanks for the pic
Fri, Feb 2nd 2018, 4:20 am
No problemo
Fri, Feb 2nd 2018, 6:34 am
holy shit
these 3D printing services
are so goddamn expensive
🐱
Drugs r cheaper than these services
It's B block rn right?
ya
Thx lol
Wut r we doing for sci oly today?
we'll do some serious recruiting for Mission Possible
how far did you guys design it?
The concepts are down but the drafting isn't there w/o measurements
But if we already have the parts we can just use those
And physically see what works
the pulleys seem really weak
Virgin pulleys?
🐱
yee
aren't they suppose to lift like kilos
Yeh...
Worst case scenario we can just reinforce them
they're just little plastic discs
And about that networking thing... got any contacts who have metal 3D printers?
lol
actually i have a contact at Formlabs
but she hasn't been responding to me. I need to get her on baord for MAHacks, then I can inquire about 3D printing
If you send an explosive she'll be sure to respond
wow damn
that's not proper networking etiquette
*an explosively happy letter
🐱
lmao
There's etiquette??
no
not really
hey they're urrently hiring
they're looking for a "Print Processing Engineer"
sounds like ahookup
So is agility and BD :,( but I'm not done with college yet
u should just apply
I also don't have the funds to start my own lab
🐱
and during the interview be like "hmm in order for you to know how good i will be at my job, i should really try printing something. something big"
then take it and run
Lmaooooo
In order to know how good of a roboticist I am you have to let me take one and do some maintenance on it
lol
oh btw i think Jen doesn't hate me
so thats a good sign
Congrats!
But didn't you say that she said "I hate you"?
How did you find out of the change lol
no she said "we're never gonna be close friends"
nah apparently she was just kinda pissed on the day but later she told Vara that she and I are all back to normal
That's a similar msg lol
which confuses me a bit
Maybe you can ask her
She could maybe just think ur a bit of an ass rn or something
Does she hold grudges?
not for too long
like a few weeks maybe
to a few months
A few months is kinda long bruh
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ok tru
well we were talking normally at MUN yesterday
That's good!
Fri, Feb 2nd 2018, 5:35 pm
Be there ina bit
ok
I lied
I tripped again
welp
wait u mean on that flat I mean *slight incline* on the way to school
Fri, Feb 2nd 2018, 9:23 pm
Nah this time it was on the icy sidewalks
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
hey roy
uh did I leave my
computer
on ur basement....
Roy boi
I need to k if I'm really that dumb
Sat, Feb 3rd 2018, 11:08 am
I fell asleep after you guys left
let me check real quick
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
lol
wait is it there?
also I might have left a red notebook and a Caesar book
If you give me ur pass I can dualboot rn
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You left a lot of shiz
lol
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nice
wait can u also look for notebook and Caesar book
How do you manage to do this
I'm leaving things in ur house
to mark my territory
p o w e r m o v e
I'm going to break ur computer
As a counter powermove
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🐱
wait so did u find the stuff
Ye
red notebook and caesar?
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was there anything else?
oh lol
nicee
I'll just pick it up at bois night
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Ur pencil is even here
seeeeeee
this was at the top of my feed lol
That's bullshit and you and I know it lol
Can you remind me of ur stuff so you can get them back?
🐱
pshhh ur just jealous of my forgetfulness abilities
ya sure
lol
I feel like smart ppl like woz don't forget about one of the most expensive and modern vital machine that they own lol
pshhh
actually ru home?
I'm gonna swing by ur house In like 25 min is that fine?
You called Foxy Roxy.
🐱
Sat, Feb 3rd 2018, 6:36 pm
yo Roy u ready for dualboot
You called Foxy Roxy.
Sun, Feb 4th 2018, 1:10 am
🐱
Sun, Feb 4th 2018, 11:45 am
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Dude she went ham
woahh
elina?
Yeh man
damn
I'm throughly impressed
I'm also a bit sick so I got a super deep voice now
Worth it
🐱
Sun, Feb 4th 2018, 6:45 pm
I think they need to start screening who says they are a republican and are running for an office lol
Did you ever figure out the hard disk shrinking problem?
Sun, Feb 4th 2018, 10:20 pm
nope
oh hey the Patriots lost the baseball game
they didn't score a hole in one
ya...
shame, Tom Brady was such a good goalie too
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🐱
looks like angry fans are going to burn Boston to the ground now
Mon, Feb 5th 2018, 8:52 am
it was super sucky too cuz they were going strong until the last quarter
and made a whole bunch if mistakes in the last quarter
What are you talking about lol
oh the superbowl
lol
ya
if ya haven't done the stretch problems yet:
#50: https://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/courses/phys101_w07/hwk/hwk7.pdf Seen by Kate Fosburgh at 10:13am #55: http://people.physics.tamu.edu/kattawar/solutions%20218h%20exam2%20f11.PDF #61: https://www.physics.drexel.edu/~wking/courses/phys101_w07/notes/rec7.pdf #52: pretty straightforward but just in case: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150629155206AAbPIN3 (these numbers are different but it's basically what you do) not sure about the graphs on this one doe lol
still not sure about #14 though, that shiz is wack
oh damn thanks
no problemo
Mon, Feb 5th 2018, 1:08 pm
You ready for Mahoney?
I didn't make any changes lol
It's alright I don't think they expect us to have a new ver already
ya
Ya ready?
Mon, Feb 5th 2018, 8:56 pm
did u know SpaceX is launching falcon heavy tonorrow?
Tue, Feb 6th 2018, 2:08 am
ugh i don't k how i did it back in Junior year
i worked past 2 AM regularly without being fazed
I'm getting old
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oh also apparently both my parents suffered from chronic insomnia-induced depression in college, and my mom's side of the family suffers from depression in general. So I'm genetically predisposed :D
haha genes you little fucker you
Tue, Feb 6th 2018, 7:28 am
Bruh
I think you shouldn't push yourself too much then
Like no burning out ya hear
I was feeling pretty good yesterday
in had a rush if productivity
then the tiredness kicked in
Ah...
Well if it makes you feel any better intel has hopped on the smart glasses train and they're doing really well
https://youtu.be/bnfwClgheF0
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Intel's Vaunt smart glasses won't make you look like a Glasshole. Dieter Bohn got an exclusive look at Intel's latest gadget. By shining a low-powered laser ...
Huh I wonder how SpaceX got the falcon heavy on the launchpad
Probably used legs
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lol
Aw fuck
Weedtown sent me an interview request
Time to show up in tapout and shorts
oh nice!
who is it
Keziah
hopefully its not some 80 yr old man who asks for a ride home
Keziah Robinson, class of 2000
nice
Holy shit she's an actress
Wait that was someone else lol
I think?
Oh wait she's from Wharton grad
Wut if we mention each other in each other's interview and lay on a shit ton of cheese
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"Yeh my friend Justin has made 200 startups and is the next person to revolutionize the tech world you should totally accept him"
🐱
for stretch problems the website for #50 doesn't work
but what is a) asking for?
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I'm turning that in tomorrow lol
Oh wait botball documentation
We have to check over that
I forgot about that
oh shiiit
has someone started that?
No idea
I'll do it by tonight if no one has done it
Already got reminders and stuff set up
nice
So what da ya think about the intel glasses?
actually really cool
They fucking took our idea
We should sue them
lol
we're not coming back for 30%
I think they're fixing where Google glass went wrong
and I agree that the glasses are more of a stepping point to more wearable in the future
The head movement controls are pretty cool
eventually you could probably have more complex displays and have an earpiece and such
ya
and they don't have a camera which caused Google a lot of problems with GLASS
so that's good
But not everyone likes to wear glasses so I wonder if there's an even possibly less instructive wearable
*obtrusive
well u have to wear the wearable whatever it is. the most miniature could be contacts but that would take some serious minitiarizatiob
Smart tattoos
🐱
and also might not be appealing to mass market to have exltronics in ur eye
lol
I wonder if ppl would be ok with small humanoid robo assistants
lol do u know that one person on shark tank
who's venture was to surgically implant headphones into your ear bc "Bluetooth headphones fall out easily"
that's insane lol
pretty sure ppl won't be comfortable with implants unless they become essential
just plastic surgery has a generally negative connotation with it
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/the-ionic-ear-on-shark-tank-2015-1
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The man behind the Ionic Ear set the bar pretty high in the show's first episode.
LMAO
that thumbnail is amazing
the heck is his background?
If he's an engineer then that speaks really badly on engineers in general lol
"out of touch with the public and bad social skills"
he's a telcommuncations engineer
Fuck
wow
wouldn't it be better to just make custom earpieces than to surgically implant one if all you want is for them to not fall out...
"no product has been so out of touch with what consumers needed or desired,"
sounds like legged robotics
🐱
NOT TRUE!
keyword: "product"
🐱
:'(
no apparently he also wanted to eliminate the hassle of having to take them out of ur pocket when u needed to use them
lol
wut
that man is insane
ya...
I can't believe the entrepreneurship world has become inflated
🐱
https://youtu.be/UAqxs_hW0CY
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I would actually give it a watch
is it good for "what not to do"
lol well it's more like a really clueless engineer tryna do entrepreneurship
ouchhh
dude you know how Woz helped Jobs make a super efficient pong game for Jobs' job at Atari?
apparently after Woz found out that Jobs took the bonus and never told him about it he wasn't mad about the money
Woz was just hurt that Jobs never told him and how he would just give him the money anyway since they were friends
:'( what a wholesome guy
and then Atari could never reproduce the pong machine Woz made since it was so intricate lol. The bonus (which was 5 grand, which was huge compared to the og 300 bucks for the task) was to make the machine under 50 chips
Woz made it with like 30 chips
but they had to remake the machine for mass-production, resulting in ~100 chips
Woz also made it in just four days
🐱
🐱
damn that's amazing
if only Woz's brain could be paired with Job's ambition, WozJob would be unstoppable
truuu
I wonder if Musky can equal the powah of WozJob
I actually really like Musk bc he's more of an engineer than a businessman but he excels at both
apparently 80% of his time at his companies is spent on research and development alongside engineers
and also apparently when he's not satisfied by a person work, he takes it apart and is able to do it better even of it's a really intricate task
by himself
that makes him sounds like a WozJob - the soft kindness of Woz lol
and up the stringency of Jobs
well idk about soft kindness but definitely he's down to earth and actually has technical skills unlike jobs
I like how out of all these ppl the person with the most seemingly stable personal/love life is Zuckerfucker
🐱
🐱
well does woz have a wife
Woz has had like four wives lol
also technically bill gates is pretty settled
and he's the same generation as jobs and woz
wait really?
I thought he was younger
in pretty sure within the same decade
is Jeff Bezos the same gen as Musky? lol
ya
not necessarily in age but in entrepreneurial activity
both of them rode the .com wave and became prominent in the early 2000s
Man I can't want for the robotics wave to be a thing
one day
:')
🐱
I guess robotics is going to be stuck deep in R&D for a while
for a long while
waves only come when u can mass participation
*have
like internet businesses which are super easy to set up
oh c'mon there's like maybe almost 50 solely robotics focused companies/startups
or the Cryptocurrency bubble bc it's easy for anyone to buy into Bitcoin while understanding nothing about block chain or distributed ledgers
but I think robotics is just too technical
tru
oh wait
but that's all the more reason for places to need CRO's
;)))))
maybe somehow of the process of building and designing new robots is simplified
There is currently a ROS hardware movement
but it's pretty small
and more complicated robots (like legged locomotion) has to have custom and specific hardware
lest they be inefficient and clumsy
Do you remember where the middle school is?
wdym
Oh wait
I found it
I forgot that google maps was a thing
🐱
Are ya home rn?
nope I'm at Boston children's hospital
Oh wait you can't drive either lol
Wait wut
for an entrepreneurial event
You networking?
If you find any robo ppl can you send me their contact so I can suck them dry
Launch was successful!
ayy
congrats!
lol I spent the afternoon touching some fake dead bodies
Wat
I thought you were networking!
well I was touring the simlab at Boston children's hospital
They have a lab dedicated to simulations???
ya
mainly for training doctors and surgeons
FINISHED
this is what I wasted my afternoon on
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Just got the prints today so
oooh
it's string powered?
Just the knee joint is
I want to keep the mass on top so the legs have less inertia
Well that's the principle that the passive dynamic ppl follow
I'm pretty sure BD relies heavily on hydraulics and straight mechanics
what's gonna be pulling the string?
The top servo
There's two servos
oh ic
I think I should probs do HW now but...
🐱
I can't wait for this to teach me that legged locomotion is hard as fuck
🐱
it looks like a good atart
That's what we said about Chad lol
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Everything reeks of plastic now
LMAO
that's really good
#entrepreneurship
Here's my joke on legged robots
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nice joke amirite
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alright
just finished up checking the documentation
there were some wrong dates and numbers
but it's looking better now
we should all read it though to be safe
have you done the stretch probs btw?
ya
kinda
I just finished myself
Let me know if you wanna check
Tue, Feb 6th 2018, 10:49 pm
oh ye
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Wed, Feb 7th 2018, 7:07 am
Is mun today?
I think we're good except the graphs
Da heck did you get does
I pulled them out of my ass
no Mun is tomorrow
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Holy shit my monitor magically started working with the ubuntu side
I got no idea what changed but I'll take it for now lol
This is what I got for the graphs btw
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I believe Kate fosburghe also got dis
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aw shit man
there's early release
oh ur graphs make more sense
and ya
when does B block end then D:
8:23
thx thx
Can ya open the bottom door?
Wed, Feb 7th 2018, 11:30 am
I just realized I don't know what's going on in the physics problems anymore lol
lol wut
Oh yeh
Here's a good reason to have Linux
When the inevitable new AI or robotics frameworks come out they are going to be based on Linux
hmm that's very true
there's also no easy way to get an in-terminal editor for Windows
how can i use the best text editor nano
LOL
The real reason to have a unix system
I also saw the spacex boosters land
Now that was fuking epic
ya ikr
the creation of a true wozjobs
LMAO
Is that a new term?
Wozjobs
The ultimate entrepreneur
yeee
but honestly what Musk has accomplished is so amazing
But he never made a robot
Let alone a walking robot
🐱
But wouldn't be more appropriate to list the ppl at spacex alongside musky for the achievements of the rockets
ya
well that goes without saying, ofc for all entrepreneurs it's still mainly the PPL at their companies
but the entrepreneur gets credit for bringing all these PPL together and giving them all a vision to work towards
Wed, Feb 7th 2018, 6:03 pm
tru tru
why is ppl capitalized
bc my phone is dumb
I just realized colleges won't even know what a SLIP model is
I should stop using techno jumble wordy shit when talking to ppl not in robotics
lol
r u writing ur Feb update?
yeh for schoolios
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This just cements that buzz is the ultimate memer
not going to lie, sending updates is one of the most nerve wracking things I've done
double and triple checking all the names were correct
lmao a meme from 1927
damnnn
I love how they still keep the meme strong
wait why are you emailing updates? isn't there an online thing for it
I called each college
only 3 of the 12 I called did portal updates
the rest did emails
oh ic
oh i just got contacted for Stanford intreview
Nice!!!
Do we have the same person?
Tim Zajic
aw man
WAIT WHAT
HE'S A Principal Systems Engineer at Raytheon?!
BRUH
he's a simulator?!
shiz, how do I always get the business ppl
lmaooo
thats so funny
can we swap lol
lol i wish
whos ur person?
this is her sum in linkedIn: " Business strategist and investor with 15+ years of experience working with CEOs, founders & executive leadership across multiple industries. Creative and collaborative problem solver with proven ability to navigate complex projects and personalities. Experience in start-ups, utilities & infrastructure, asset management & private equity, luxury goods, and non-profits."
She was Stanford undergrad for Physics w/ a minor in econ
and then went to Wharton
she was also apparently Director of Research at a company in the past
now I'm interested in that
Tim Zajic was from University of Minnesota for Math, and then Stanford Grad Ph.D. for Operations Research and worked at LockHeed Martin
dudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
🐱
i dont think we can switch lol
well on the brightside hopefully our ppl don't know too much about the opposite fields
like mine isn't too deep into tech and yours isn't too deep into business and startups
so then our projects will seem all the more impressive since they can't be like "didn't someone already do that"
🐱
I honestly feel so deflated rn
I usually ask my folks to be outside observers to the stuff I do so they can give me a pure and unfiltered response as if I'm presenting my projects to the general public
and I showed the prototype leg getting pretty close to other SLIP Models
and her first response was, "Why is your hand in the video and why is it yellow?"
then it was "why can't it stand in place, isn't it a leg?"
I should probably understand that ppl will generally not understand but for some reason it hit me really hard this time lol
welp.
ya and also colleges won't have the ability to ask you clarifiying questions
i think its just too early of a stage as it is rn for most ppl to get what ur trying to accomplish
I now know why Hurst kept the monopod research/breakthroughs on the down-low until he finished the whole robot and made it bipedal
the monoped stuff may make me rockhard but it doesn't make everyone rockhard :'(
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i mean thats kinda the fundamental problem for engineers
i'm sure the surgical earphones also made that sharktank guy jizz in his pants
I suppose the skill would be to know when a product is presentable and useful
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"know when the product is useful"
oh dear lord
thats called business lol
tbh if Woz didn't have Jobs, he probably would have created some fundamentally brilliant new computer in its most rustic form, with all the wires and stuff, and released it out to the public like that
then, only the very few ppl who could understand and use that computer would eventually integrate it into existing personal computer products
whereas Jobs insisted that the netire thing be made with UI/UX designed so anyone could use it
tru
the business side that Woz lacke
he _REALLY_ lacked it
I think he originally just wanted to release it for free
btw are you free D block tomorrow?
ya why?
just wondering if ya wanna go to some testing on chad w/ me
oh. i hate to say it but I have to work on MUN during that time cuz I have the conference coming up
and also I need to finish writing my Sci Oly test for the tryouts this Friday
kkkkkkkk
sorry :/
it was a really bad idea to have two back to back MUN conferences and then MAHacks right after
in the middle of States prep season for Sci Oly
nah it's alright man
the chad lads have got'chu
🐱
thanks
no problemo
btw do u have open ends tomorrow?
E block I do
oh wait can u check if u have the box and the magnets in ur basement
what does it look like?
there's a shit ton of boxes down there lol
its the ones physics teachers use for test blockers
mainly the important thing is the magnets if you have those
cuz we can use any box really
do ya remember what the magnets look like? Size n' stuff
uh
magnet sized
LOL
thanks man
i think one of them is like a grey shiny cilinder thing
yeh, couldn't find it
I can another look tomorrow though
Thu, Feb 8th 2018, 7:09 am
do you have any magnets?
all I got are fridge magnets lol
🐱
can you look for the box again?
I can during E block
Does anyone from sci oly also have an E block open end?
are ya going to this meet?
ya
I'm going to the meet
and not that I know of
oh Ben
why?
Cuz idk what it looks like lol
And there's tons of shit in the boxes
hmm could I go to ur house during lunch?
Uhhhh
What lunch you got
You need my keys lol
or if u just take pics of the pile of shit in ur basement I can identify it
I have 2nd
I have third lunch
🐱
I guess I could just go after school if we hurry
but I also need to grab Jason's laptop and he needs to show me how to run it
so not ideal
Welp shit
I can take a look during E block
ok
actually I kind accidentally skipped econ
so I'll be there in Third lunch
LOL BRUH
lol
i'm on the balcony of the caf
Where u at
Thu, Feb 8th 2018, 4:06 pm
how's mission possible lol
proabbly 11th place
Thu, Feb 8th 2018, 9:55 pm
lol it's alright
Fri, Feb 9th 2018, 7:42 am
You actually skipping today?
nah
gotta come cuz I have English quuz
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I got the address and a map
I'll be there
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Fri, Feb 9th 2018, 4:03 pm
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Now that's worth
lol
How's MUN so far?
I'm so hyped for the party
Boi
Sci oly is cancelled today
We finally broke the poor janitors grace
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🐱
fckkkk
why
Cuz we kept abusing their generosity lol
How did ur belt break
That's freaking hilarious
lol oh god it spread quickly
also
really randomly and unexpectedly
UC decisions came out
Nah they are rolling
really? I thought they said late march
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It's feb bruh lol
ya that's why it's unexpected
Late march is when they will finish al of them
no one else here got an email
I thought you took back UCB?
ah ok I guess that makes sense
no I completely forgot about that bc of how busy
🐱
the past few weeks have been
Bruhhh lol
I also thought it would come out on late march
🐱
I guess they really wanted you
;)
lol theybdont need another Asian cs nerd
Or maybe UCB girl made sure you got in
lmaio
How's mun so far
Made any genocides yet?
I just realized I have no transportation into boston lol
Sat, Feb 10th 2018, 8:42 am
New invention idea
A smart belt
A belt that will change sizes based on your waist orientation, knowing when you're going to sit down
It can also monitor how much you've eaten and tell you to stop
Sat, Feb 10th 2018, 8:43 pm
lmaooo
Sat, Feb 10th 2018, 11:17 pm
here's what your missing
dude I'm in there rn lol
I'm near the green light on the stage
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The green light on the arduino :')
I have made a sin
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A sin with a way too precise balancing point
That broke from falling over lol
lolol
Wait does it work?
Lmao no of course not
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🐱
u missed the delegate dance
It's been standing for almost 5 minutes now
noiceee
btw sorry we weren't there to work on chad
Nah it's fine
I can't believe I just did this
I have gone down a path that I may not return from
🐱
it's ok you must accept the unviabilitu
I can't believe it has a repeatable point of balance on my first try
? how would it be unrepeatable
Meaning that when I tense up the springs and plop it down carefully it can balance
oh niceee
I was afraid that it would end up like ATRIAS since I actually have no actual ankle control
But it's not active balancing so I got my work cut out for me lol
Plus it has no actuation or even joints to allow it to move in the third dimension
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there's your wholesome meme of the day
Lol thx
Now that this has made it past mechanical prototyping I must bestow a name upon this monstrosity
How about
Yeh I got nothing lol
how about "Unviable"
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How about Jocelyne
🐱
🐱
jeezus]
i barely k her ok
I feel like I'll hear that line a lot in the future
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🐱
hey you wanna take a break from working on Unviable and play online smash
I was about to go to sleep lol
we had to do curfew for MUN
Plus you would lose anyway
and now i don't want to sleep but im bored
🐱
pshh
your gonna sleep at 12:58?
weeakkkkkkk]
You could help me write some code for jocelyne and research proper i2c chips to control the servos
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🐱
Doesn't MUN require you to get sleep and be aware lol
i mean if its python sure ;)
nah its all done, tomororw is the last day and we finished evyerhing already
Who are ya rooming with
max and vara
Ahhh
You could watch a good movie perhaps
I'm also on my ubuntu side so hehe
oh does that not have smash
lol
fine
pusssyyyyyyy
🐱
Alright that does it
Ur dead meat punk
🐱
Get ready for a smack down
lol niiiice
i will unleash the loyd
can u create the room?
Yeh sure
Fuk I got locked out for fifteen minutes lol
lol reallly
isnt ur pass just crutbygundam
wait so u can't access onlin at all?
Nah I changed it when I got locked out last time lol
Nah I'm making a new account lol
lol welp
One sec lol
lol
Aw shit i think it targets your whole system?
Maybe IP address
wait srsly
how does smash have better security than Gmail
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That's pretty funny
welp
Alright
Got it I think
Ok nvm lol
Ce'st la vie
Gnight then I suppose lol
welo
ok good night
Have fun with Jocelyne
oh wait
tell Max when he's editing the gold peak page
to mention the great spill of winter
when we first spilled a cold one
and the cap of the cold one bottle broke
it's a day that will forever live in infamy
Sun, Feb 11th 2018, 3:32 am
dude its so amazing
Sun, Feb 11th 2018, 11:10 am
That was so good
Sun, Feb 11th 2018, 7:43 pm
so how was MUN?
Mon, Feb 12th 2018, 8:58 am
where u at bruh
Mon, Feb 12th 2018, 3:17 pm
yo how did it go?
shit i also didnt see ur messages before
How did wut go?
the meeting wtih mahoney
Mon, Feb 12th 2018, 6:52 pm
I took notes and shared it
Should basically cover everything
I can't believe that you really met a girl at MUN lol
Did you ask her to the dance?
bruh i didn't even
we just worked together on the same directives
What does she look like ya stud
ACTUAKLY NEVER MIND THAT SHIT
BD RELEASED A NEW VIDEO
https://youtu.be/fUyU3lKzoio
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To be fair it's actually stuff they've done before but this time more refined
lol
You feeling better?
Mon, Feb 12th 2018, 10:43 pm
yee
just been super busy
Tue, Feb 13th 2018, 8:13 am
You in school today?
yup
You wanna Chad with me during D block?
theres something I need to finish for MAHacks which I can probably do it all in C block
so yea most likely
Nioce
I'll get ya a pass the
thanks man
Btw can you open the back foot lol
Door
oh woops
do u still need it
Nope
But I got ur pass
My study hall is on the third floor
So I'll pass by physics and hand you your pass then
So i guess you should hang out at physics until I get there so you can get the pass lol
wait my eye is bleeding
Wat
Are you better now
Wait dude wtf happened
Wed, Feb 14th 2018, 8:15 am
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FAKE NEWS
Marc raibert said that it could be used for household chores
Lmao that self promo in discord I see u
ye
gotta do what u gotta do
Were you guys able to sneak out of that assembly?
It was uh quite the experience...
ya
what happened?
It was pretty awkward and cringy overall lol
More importantly doe
How's Chad doing
the claw is bad at picking stuff up
its been improved, still neesd more testing
the up and down seemst o working fine
and also David figured out how to make the Create play notes
so I'm currently transcribing Flight of The Valkerie onto Chad so it can play as it runs XD
the most important detail
Lmaooo
How does it do it?
Is there a library or are we just sending certain bytes through the serial connection
ya
it was on the iRobot Create documentation
not on KIPR's
Ayyyy
get ready for a surprise during e block
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U coming during e block?
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Valentine's reaccs only
The master memers are at it again
lmaoooo
Send me some dank updates/vids of MUN
I'll trade you with videos of a failing legged robot
btw
Vara's lookin' for ya
are ya still at the school?
Thu, Feb 15th 2018, 10:16 am
hmm idk why
but for the recent while
David has been bothering me
not as him actually bothering me
but I'm bothered by the idea/his presence
it just feels, "off"
some of his actions, mannerisms, idk why
not as in I think he's acting strange from normal, but rather I think he's been rubbing me the wrong way and I can't tell why or how. It's not like I talk to him regularly or anything, trying to keep all interactions limited to Botball
I think it's all in my head but I still don't like his presence lol, wow that sounds mean
no that's not mean
but do u k like what specifically about him has been rubbing u the wrong way?
I think the way he talks to people perhaps
maybe I just didn't notice it until now but he tends to try to put himself up
perhaps I'm being paranoid/looking too much into it lol
maybe it's him just being socially awkward and I should give him the benefit of the doubt
What do you think? You have actual classes with him
I just feel very wary around him, especially since he seems unstable in general as seen from past interactions lol
I'm actually still slightly miffed by him claiming that we don't care about Botball when he fucks off randomly last year during vacation meetings and other shit
I don't really talk to him in Latin
but ya I agree he kinda does that
but also he can afford to go to botball like every day bc he's already in his ED college so
Yeh I was able to come to my own satisfying conclusion that I think settled my thoughts
He's just an overly sensitive and insecure asshole
ya....
is there anything in particular that triggered it?
Nah not really lol
I've just been bothered by it
Probably from over exposure from being in the same room during botball
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I think I'm fine now though
I kinda pity him instead of being bothered by him
Now
thats good
i mean tbh one good thing about David is if you want to avoid him and not interact with him for a while, its pretty easy cuz he doesn't talk anyways
unlike Vara
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You still good with vara?
ya
we've both decided it's best to just move on
I'm more miffed about my relationship with Jen
kinda sad it took such a hit
This is your chance to mend it
Invite her to climb the Washington monument together
Jk, just do fun stuff with her and hang out, have a nice time with her
thats the thing tho I feel like shes not comfortable hanging out with me
like I kinda wanna hang out with her
That makes you sound like a creep
🐱
Jk jk
Well I think the number one priority is to not make her uncomfortable
🐱
:/
That doesn't mean you can't make her comfortable
Jk idk how this would work
poenis
that was Ethan august
LOL
sounds like you guys are having fun
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wow
ok then lol
Thu, Feb 15th 2018, 4:26 pm
We just finished moving the robots and game pieces to Davids house
We're going to attempt to move the second board tomorrow
I should have the Webassign done soon
remind me to send them to you
wait, I take that back, I'll just remind myself with Siri
lol
<3
your too good
Why did you spam the swobo chat lol
i did it when we were still guessing :'(
but my internet lags a lot on this wifi
Lmaooo
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I got some crazy ass motors from some old and seemingly broken battlebots stuff
I wanna try to get them working but they are probably powerful af so if I disappear for a while I'm probably in the hospital
Or in the ground
Cuz fuck safety amirite
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For reference, I can't even wrap my whole hand around one
Fri, Feb 16th 2018, 4:52 pm
The motor is high torque not high speed
Sat, Feb 17th 2018, 12:09 am
wait Roy did you actually create an insta
Sat, Feb 17th 2018, 5:06 am
It's a meme
Sat, Feb 17th 2018, 7:16 am
lol did you make iy
Sat, Feb 17th 2018, 2:26 pm
yeh
apparently Aadhya is trying to learn tensorflow
are ya spreading the AI love?
ya I recommended it to her
wait is she going to MAHacks?
and btw the motors I have now, we could maybe make skateboards with those
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Sun, Feb 18th 2018, 9:24 pm
didn't end up submitting a senior pic
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🐱
I think I cut my hair way too short
🐱
lmao
will I finally see what your forehead looks like
Yeh
Oh man even 2d biped is a lot harder than I thought
I thought I could get away with just using a MC and not use a full on computer but I'm doubting even the launchpad's processing power for this task now
What do you think?
The problem is that I need to use at least 3 sensors: imu, ultrasonic, and touch
Maybe servo feedback if I need it later on
But the issue is that I need fast updates on the sensors in real time which I can already do
However the servos always need a hefty delay for the signal to go through and complete
Like a delay of 15 microseconds is already a Nono for the sensors
I'm thinking of trying to put servo control in a separate thread but idk if I wanna deal with the pain of threading
The other option is to bust out the computer and have the sensor data be sent to that and then have a separate servo controller dedicated to servo control
Hmm the second option is technically better....
Technically....
I think I answered my own question thanks man
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wait I'm confused by what you mean by the 2nd option
also if you we're ROSPY threading would be easy ;)
*using
The second option is splitting the input and output to be done by two separate mc
Micro controllers
I'm not using an actual computer rn
Just the launchpad
So no ROSpy yet
ah ok
This is becoming exponentially more complex than I anticipated
I now know why it took four years for some researchers at Waterloo to get their 2D biped working years ago
Mon, Feb 19th 2018, 6:49 pm
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Btw you should check your fb
I don't think you posted that
jeezus
You should sleep early mi amigo
Did ya have fun at naimun?
Ya feeling better?
You seemed really worn out, like I'm worried about you burning out kind of worn oht
ya NAIMUN was fun
two back to back conferences was a bit intense
and this week is just so fucking busy
but it will be better once MAHacks is done
I have an MAHacks meeting in an hr, sci Oly all day tomorrow, MUN meeting Wed. morning and Botball + Florian dinner in the afternoon, Botball and MAHacks meeting in Boston on Thursday and Entrepreneurship club Friday morning + MAHacks final prep on Friday
Ahh icic
I can probably only come on Wed and thurs for botball
I also wish I could just take a day and not do shit lol
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Oh wait that works out since I'm gone Thursday
nice nice
You can take a break Wednesday from botball
I can take care of the programming
u sure
Damn dude you should take Sunday off or something
but I feel bad cuz I haven't been there that much
Yeh don't worry about, I gotchu
plus I'll be there anyways for the Florian dinner
nah it's fine I'll come on Wednesday
Da bois got ur back
I might nap in the middle but I'll b there
Lol nap at home then napping in such a chaotic environment is the equivalent as napping outside
Btw where in Boston on Thursday? I'll be in the area too probs
Near north station
What u doin in boston?
AI meetup?
🐱
I'm touring MassRobotics
ah ok
And then robbing them blind
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You should really just go to sleep early though
Sam and I are about to marathon some shows so when we're done I'll msg you to make sure you're not awake lol
nah i have an MAHACKS meeting at 9
Boi
which will probably go like 1-2 hrs
Just don't burn out this week
If you're still feeling like crap by tomorrow take Wednesday off
ok
If you're eye is still broken take it off
🐱
online it said 2 - 3 wreks
*weeks
It's a pretty bad sign doe
Caused by high blood pressure
nah the nurse said my blood pressure was fine
probably most likely cause is fayogue
*fatigue
Yeh that's another reason to take Wednesday off lol

UNKNOWN TYPE

its a dystopian episodie set in a monochrome style
its pretty terrifying, but also showcases a very very viable legged robot
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look how viable this robot is. it just blew someones brains out
That's not what I want robots to do
>:(
Murder is not an application!
the writer actually said they got inspiration from BD's dogs
in the episode, the killer robots are called "dogs"
why they gotta get inspiration like dat
ruining the market view of legged robos :'(
here's a more accurate summary of the episode
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umY91Z-1FBY
closer to real life
The writer for IEEE Automation is actually sad/annoyed everyone on BD's videos are always like "oh no! killer robots!"
that's actually a hilarious video
lol
should I spend 20 bucks on a specialized servo controller?
https://www.pololu.com/product/1350
it's apparently super precise
mmmm how much more precise than what you lareday have?
yup
*how much more precise
oh idk
maybe I should look more into controlling all the input and output from one board first
I've only spent a day testing that lol
oh lol
GOT IT
I think I can control everything from one MC
it's just awkward since I can only control the servos acurately when the IMU is updating, it's in the same function
lmaooo
that pretty hacky
Yeh....
Tue, Feb 20th 2018, 2:58 pm
I just woke up
What's going on
lol
there are ppl here are you coming?
respond to Jason
alright I can come and give him the glue and exactos
then idk
do you guys need anything else?
otherwise I'll just be back at my house
hmm
whats the plan for mision possible
build
where are you guys?
lib
but like what sht eschedule?
idk anytime I'm awake and in the basement lol
we can talk more when I'm at the lib
oh are you actually coming
ok
i mean theres not much f or you to do here tbj
I could just do break HW there
🐱
hey
;)
Which part of the lib?
wanna get it on later tonight? ;)
my servos, ur legged robots
lets make it happen ;)
You don't have servos lol
oh ill provide plenty of thrust ;)
It would need to be torque not thrust
oh we'll be going in circles all night baby
;)
The actuators would also need to be low mass so that the inertia of each joint especially those on the legs will be low
When you compile a lot of mass in a short height
The inertia must be low so that the momentum of the leg will be easier to control
that's when you really get thicccccccc
;)
Due to the fact that flat feet designs rely on the actuator being in the joints they are slow
However that can be overcome with a mechanical design in which the parallel bars are sliding to an angle based on the angle of the point of rotation powered by the actuator
Hmmm sounds like you'll need a large angle of depression
For that I got you covered ;)
Hey, even if those bars need to be sliding at parallel angles
Interesting that you bring that up because the SLIP mass model (spring loaded inverted pendulum) with a depression dampening effect has become a more popular model recent
Where in the lib are you guys
meeting room
Where's that
You gotta describe it for me lol
Last time I was in the lib was months ago
lmao
where r u now ill come down
Tue, Feb 20th 2018, 8:11 pm
lmaoooo
is that actually from 1901
that's insane
ikr
Wed, Feb 21st 2018, 12:30 pm
Ya coming soon mah boi?
ya i'll be there soon
ETA?
probably like 20 min
Kkkkk max and I have some updates for ya and fully commentated and cleaned up cofe
*code
ewww
get that filthy commented code out of thete
Where u at
🐱
Commented code earns gold stars
walking
Tell us if you Jason's dead body
also got some cold ones
lol wut
Jason said he was walking three hours ago and he's still missing
oh shit
Wed, Feb 21st 2018, 7:01 pm
Are you still at Davids?
Thu, Feb 22nd 2018, 1:41 am
nooe
Lol thx man
npnp
That was a pretty fun party
ye haven't had one in a while
Did not expect to enjoy socialization with a lot of ppl so much
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🐱
I usually get tired out from that kind of stuff lol
after MAHacks I will be so much more free to hang out with ppl and stuff
What about winmun
ya well also we haven't had a gathering in a while. I would be tired if it was like every week of every other week
eh that's not nearly as much work
Ahh ic ic
Hey, you're almost got a lot of free time
Or at least a comfortable amount
well after MAHacks I have to cram my English project that was assigned a few weeks ago
lol
but after that
Bruh
shit then there's sci Oly states
but after THAT
Bruhh
After that would be hefty botball grinding lol
I have some breathing space before winmun and then botball regionals
ye
shit
🐱
Whatever happened to Latin club and stuff?
lmao
I'm not doing that
I never really did that
Wait really
Wait what LOL
I mean I went to some events and stuff
but I don't really do the cluh
it was mainly cuz my latin teacher asked really nicely and not man y other ppl go
I think I'm actually out for RWDC around the time of regionals so it's pretty clutch that our schedules covers for whenever we're absent lol
Ahhh ic ic
oh it's the week before right
Yup yup
I think it's the 23? And regionals is 28 I believe
ye
it's kinda sad this will be our last botball season
Hmm I haven't felt nostalgic or melancholic just yet about the whole our last year of high school
But yeh I see what you mean
I've felt a bit bc of MUN
MUN is basically ovee
Ahhh
No more meetings?
nah we still have meetins
but actual conferences are ovee
Ah yeh, everything slowing down then
Well if it makes you feel any better you can also take it as a sign of you doing other new things
Thu, Feb 22nd 2018, 8:30 am
I didn't realize how far apart Cambridge and Boston are...
there's a river in b/w
dat's dumb
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I fucked up
bruh
did u go to MIT sloan
I want free monitors
idk where else in this whole city to hang out for long periods of time lol
lmao
any Starbucks
but there's ppl there
at least in sloan I can take a safety room
a room in which I am safe from human interaction
lol
Thu, Feb 22nd 2018, 1:00 pm
yo Roy when are you done with ur tour?
Just finishing up
I'm stuck in the Sloan area afterwards
That place was amazing, got some nice networking done too
noice noice
i'm gonna head over to Kendall square after I'm done with MAhacks, around 4
do you want a ride home?
Sure but I was planning to hang around the area for a while and do some work
my mom is driving me back around 5:30
cuz she works in MIT so
if u want just lmk
I'm taking a dump in the stats building rn
Stata
There's so many nerds here
Thx for the offer but I think I might wanna stick around a bit longer
It's a nice environment to get work done and not smell the terrible smell of broken 3D printed pieces like my room
This is my third shit today
What is going on
🐱
uh
How's MAhacks
coming along
I'm pretty excited. it's coming together petty well
I'm not nearly as stressed about it as last MAHacks
Is it near the stata building? I need a place to crash ;)
Niceeee that's amazing to hear
lol no it's over by north station
Where da fuk is north station
What is north
DGPS is too expensive for me
lol actually the first MAHacks we had, in the MIT Stata center, there was a guy who hung around during the entire event and just took food
he looked like an MIT grad student
i was gonna tell him to stop but he also looked kinda homeless
I think he was your future self
lol
:'(
ok im not gonna be creepin around high school hackathons
That's pretty hilarious
i'll be mooching off of soup kitchens like a respectable human
Yeh ok, you'll be creeping around technovation?????
LOL
that was just as bad as what I just suggested
lol
I'll just be continuing taking dumps around Kendall square and Sloan if ya wanna drop by
🐱
Or maybe I can take my first dump in north station
🐱
lol
North Station is near the Loews theater
that we always go to
Isn't that kinda far lol
Oh my it's across the river lol
17 minute walk?! Yeh I don't think I would survive that
FUCK
I just sat down at a table that I thought was free
But after I looked up
There was a couple cuddling/sleeping across from me
lmaooo
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also I just randomly got put into a group chat
with ppl I don't know
lmao
is this from MUN?
no
I don't k any of these ppl
Or did you get so black out drunk you forgot you went to that party lol
and forgot who those ppl are
I got the text like yesterday lol
I kinda wanna troll and play along
that might be kinda creepy lol
you could pretend to be from the party but obviously show that you have no idea what you're talking about
lol
I made a mistake sitting here
there are too many ppl and they are in such close proximity I can smell their scent
this is very uncomfortable
the feels when your nono zone is too big
shit I just missed my train
wut
wait, are you still in Winchester?
ye
ahhh
good thing I didn't walk to northstation lol
wait, how are you going to get here then?
I'm not lol
rip
it's ok two of my team members are going
this could be a good opportunity to take it slow and chill for the rest of the day
lol NAHHHHH
or maybe you could use one of those telepresence robots
I might just ask them to vid call me in
boi
wut happened to chillin' lol
shit
our venue might be too small
how?
I thought you guys were just at carrying capacity?
well
uh
when we were venue touring, our goal was to hit 80 for our event
cuz our last event was around 55
but uh we have 111
coming
so our venue would fit 80 very well but idk about 111
bruh
shiiiiiit
that's 138.75% your carrying capacity
im kinda hoping some ppl won't come
idk if you should bank on that lol
if they do come wouldn't the experience be kinda not as fun if it's so cramped?
oh, you could advertise it as a MUN dance worse comes to worse
ye.....
could you maybe cut ppl?
i dont think so
well is the venue going to be mad that you're stuffing so many ppl in?
nah
i think they'll be fine
so then the problem is just handling/cramming in that many ppl?
ya
welp
maybe you can have a special opportunity to participate "outside"
lmao
i dont think that will sell
you could have elimination rounds
if your project isn't in testing phase by this time you're out
hm
that's not realy how hackathons work
and ppl might get pised abotu that
well they should suck it up like men then
DE
let's go
🐱
you're first venture is going to fail, face reality
damn
idk about you but all these MIT kids are nerdy af looking
I have yet to see a fit one
(for reference I'm in the stata building)
there were fancy lookin' ppl at Sloan, which makes sense
no there are def buff MIT ppl
maybe not in the CS building lol
yeh that makes a lot of sense
lol
I bet the MechE kids are buffer
The computational linguists might have nice forearms
from lifting so many heavy books
lol
There's a lot of young lookin' ppl here
I saw a person who could pass off as an elementary schooler
little do I know she's actually 12 lol
what
what is she doing there
also scratch what i said about being stressed lol
I'm really nervous now that i think our venue is too small
I was sitting next to the daycare thing but this girl came out of a lecture hall with a backpack and everything lol
Bruh
Isn't the meeting over by now? What's the consensus? (I'm also on my fourth dump of the day)
rn they're still counting chairs and making a catalogue of the different rooms
Ahh ic ic and you're vid calling I'm assuming?
Wait where are you vid calling if you don't have transportation
nah they're just sening me pics and vids of the venues
over messenger
That situation sounds a lot more conducive to anxiety lol
lol ya probably
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Do you know your options then?
the only option is to cram everyone in
basically
Wait, then why are you stressing if there's only one option
bc irrationality
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🐱
Maybe you guys can brainstorm ways to limit the amount of chaos and or inconvenience
wait do u have a slack?
I think either jenn or Ethan wanted me to make one a while back
I might have one idk
can you join this link: https://join.slack.com/t/mahacksiii/shared_invite/enQtMzE5NjI4MDUzNzY1LWZiMDdhMDg0ZjU1NjJhZDI1NTEwYjlmNjg0YjI1MWFiOGQ3MWYwMTIzMDIyZmM3OTQwOTg3MjhhYjc4OGJlNzk
and tell me what comes up
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ok can you try to join
Sure
Can I make my display name Walter?
🐱
Jk
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ok so your in right
I need to get the app I think
I'm taking my fourth dump remember
oh wut
oh ur on ur phone
I ain't taking my laptop out while I'm on the loo
Unless I really need to program lol
lol
are you sure you dont need to get your ass checked
Nah I think I'm fine
I'm in the slack thing now
It's just like discord
I'm starting to get really triggered by all the social media overlap
It's suboptimal
ok are you able to post to the announcements channel?
Nope can't post
Says only admins
nice. and can you post to all the other ones?
I'll test
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All done testing
Looks good
sweet thanks
Hold on I need to test the keywords
just want to make sure cuz last year I didn't set all the permissions so some little shits trolled the slack
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The keyword thing is broken
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LOL really?
Wow so mature
Srs though, isn't this just discrod?
ya
lmao nice one
and ya it's discord but for professional companies
I just realized how ironic it was for me to sarcastically call those trolls mature when I just said that to a bot
lol
LOL how is it more professional?! It's just a white discord
ya basically
Oh wait I answered my own question
"White"
but it's not marketed for gaming so
🐱
that's basically it
it's also shittier than discord with less features and not completely free
LOL
Ok imma delete it now then unless you need something else
ok
ya that's good
thanks
No problemo
I still can't believe that one of the four Valkeriyes is stationed at MassRobotics
I thought that NASA took them all back but nah
Fri, Feb 23rd 2018, 11:16 am
you're not going to David's today right?
Any other updates on Chad before I dig into the code?
nope
i put some comments
oh the dumping mechanism is a bit wierd, but i tested out awhole bunch of methods of dumping
The crank that is a bit strange
I thought the default open should be like this
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With the back liftarms being perpendicular to the arm
Love the comments btw
🌟
lol thanks
how is the dumping?
I found a better way to dump
I also got rid of all the old commented useless code
so after testing I realized you basically have to go through the middle
NOOOOOO
THAT WAS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE ROBOTS FUNCTION
Made a new move till black function that uses the create sensors, works really well
I'm working on getting all the Pom piles rn
how are u dumping?
cuz I don't want to rely on the middle pole going into the claw
if that's what ur doing
and going from the side just didn't work for me
The dumping is having the claw to the right of the team pole and then half open and then full open
Worked all the times I've tried as long as the tram isn't fucked up
but what if the team is like slightly tilted
oh I guess I didn't try the side with the new claw bin design so it might work now
I redid the foam bin thing to make it wider
The tram has to be not like fed
hmm so have u tried with slight tilts of the bin
specifically if it's tilted away from that side
my reasoning was I thought going directly into the middle is the most robust and least reliant on good bin positioning, so I basically open as I move above the bin
Hmmm
Yeh I'm not sure just yet which is better
For now I'm just trying to get it to be able to put all three piles in
ok
We're so close and yet so far
I'm not sure how to line things up
I need to go soon so let me finish up what I can and then I'll send a vid to the lads
ok
NOTHING IS WORKING
I WANNA DIE
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same
You doing MAHacks stuff rn?
Didn't get a good vid
But at one point I was just changing msleeps so I redid the end part so it's a bit rough but is more consistent in what it does
Aiming to the tram is tricky though
Perhaps we should utilize the middle black tape from the cubes/cage
That thing is right on path from the trams middle
But that would take more time
ya it already takes a bit too much time
We're at that point where it's hard to test since you have to test the whole first part of the program first lol
Davids house is most likely closed tomorrow so I can't get more work done :(
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Could I crash MAHacks? You could be 140% capacity!!!!
Jk jk
How is that going?
i've been doing MAHacks all day
just finishing up some last logistics stuff and finalizing our live page
What the heck is a live page
live.mahacks.com
basically puttinga ll the info you need during the hackathon on there
THIS TRIGGERS ME
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lol why
oh
that
YOUUUUU
HOW COULD YOU
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the whole workshop is just one slide
its a legged robot with an x through the middle
I was about to say that
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It's a waste to hack together technology that nobody wants to use
You just killed a legged locomotion roboticist somewhere with that sentence
Now there's only 7 of us!
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more like 3
u Mark Rupert and tool shed man
LOL
ouch man
Did you write up that description?
nope it was the workshop runner
Cuz it reads like a direct meme against me lol
lol
Just give it the right context :')
everything with applications is
What applications does the robo from ex machine have?!
killing ppl
She's literally a person at that point >>:(
dude she slid that knife into his back like it was butter
He just skipped back day like a fool
Her arm broke kinda easily doe
tru
she could be a spy
she's not subject to emotional weakness
but still understands how to manipulate them
She's just a sociopathic human then lol
ya but she's the perfect sociopath
I still don't understand the desire to give machines tru sentience/on par with humans
me neither
I think we should restrict them to specific areas
i feel like the best case scenario for ai is if we could make an ai with creativity and intuition that could help invent new things
innovation becomes an obtainable resource
u just have these innovation mines chugging constantly improving humanity
however it shouldn't need sentience
and thus shouldn't be able to go rogue
It all depends on how that ai works/is structured then. We don't even know how sentience or creativity work nevermind if they're interlocked
I think the realistic scenario rn is that we develop AI that become really good at one task and have a bunch of those together to complete more complex tasks
Or quantum computing makes a breakthrough and we all live in VR forever
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What's the plan to deal with all the ppl?
pray
Boi
Sun, Feb 25th 2018, 11:28 am
you free today?
What happened with jenn?
Sun, Feb 25th 2018, 4:47 pm
I just realized I don't know how to format a resume
shit sorry I collapsed after mahacks
wait what happened to jen
lol you might wanna keep resting then
Max told me that she was mad/sad that she wasn't on a "main" robot group in botball and ranted to you about it
even though we all thought she was fine and stuff
oh ya
at MUN she was complaining about how she was so "done with botball bc she's not on a main robot"
welp
Do you think resumes need a summary page?
no
but sometimes a cover letter
The fuck is a cover letter again?
Oh wait I remember now
Lol what if I'm shot gunning
Turns out MassRobotics is a hub for other robotics companies so I'm actually just shotgunning all those companies in MassRobotics
wdym
is Mass Robotics just a space?
I'm not going to write a cover letter for like 15+ companies mannn
College app ptsd
Idk what to call MassRobotics exactly
But they have all the tools and some really expensive robots for the companies to use
And then they also House a Valkyrie for unis to use
I like to refer to them as a Robot Hub
ah ic
oh are you job hunting?
Nah when I was touring I may have gotten a little over excited with all these world class expensive robots around me
And completely nerded out
Then I took a huge dump there and once I was finished all the business ppl left
But I didn't have a ride so I asked the director who gave me a tour if I could hang around and she said sure
Then she told me that I should email my resume and to her for an internship if I wanted one
So here I am now lol
Not sure what I did for her to ask me to do that
Maybe it's cuz I cleaned the toilet seat and left the lid down like a G
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all the ppl for the tour were all dressed up in fancy suits n' shit
and here I walk in with a stupid T-shirt, sweatpants, and an oversized zip-up hoodie lol
the first thing the director said to be was, "Oh! You must be a student"
was it like an official tour?
it was probably for businesses
the tour was apparently for ppl who want to check out the place for their own companies and talk about rates n' shit
and I forwent all of that and put my stupid name on the RVSP
nice
I wonder how long I can pull that kind of BS before it gets _too_ weird
I'mma say until I'm 28
More importantly though,
How was MAHacks?!
Sounds like you got drained
oh it was super fun and went smooothly
ya i'm just really really tired lol
that's good to hear that it went smoothly despite being over capacity
how did you guys manage dat
Do ya think I should mention GPA
on your resume?
Ye
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Wait would ppl even care?
Mon, Feb 26th 2018, 8:03 am
ya
I would include it
Mon, Feb 26th 2018, 10:11 am
lmao
too late for dat
I emailed it already
If someone follows you on social media but you don't know them
should you follow them back?
op, nvm too late
welp
don't worry
I sent her a safety message
i don't usually accept
also there's a bunch of bots that try to friend everyonn
nah she's a real girl lol
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she followed me cuz of my last name?
she "liked the word xing"
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is that a subtle pick up line or something
no idea
some ppl do friend ppl on their recommended list
this was my response:
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then I told her to fuck off
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jk jk
Mon, Feb 26th 2018, 1:08 pm
Where u at
Did you really comment on the Winchester residents page lol
lmao ya
Lmaooo
Getting riled up over petty political memes
did u see my comment?
Yeh I did
That was pretty good
*GASP* and you didn't like it
you're not my real friend
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But how do you have time to make all those legged robotics memes?
LMAOO
bruh
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Ptsd
lol well the robotics memes are actually funny cuz they're true
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Ouch
Wait it's almost march
Don't college results come out soon
ye
early marchh
Ay lmao
That sucks
Still having to wait
you'll be fine,
you already got into Oregon
all you need is the hayshed and a legged robot
Nah I'm not worried about the results since I can already bombard hursts' lab
Exactly
noice
tho it will def be a stressfuly time for everyone in general
hopefully less drama this time
Pi day?
ya
but also Ivy week
You could send meme mags to ppl who get in
Lmao who cares about ivy week
Here's something more important than college results though
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/openai-releases-algorithm-that-helps-robots-learn-from-hindsight
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It's not a failure if you just pretend that you meant to do it all along
Mon, Feb 26th 2018, 8:20 pm
How do you deal with having all these long drawn out convos
I'm throughly impressed
wdym?
Nvm lol
u mean with jeremy?
Nah I mean in the sci oly chat
Those kind of walls of texts it they're not personal between friends or philosophical or tech related then I have a hard time reading them thiuroighly
You also feeling ok
ya why?
In the time we were memeing and having fun working on Chad you seemed fine but the time before and after you seemed kinda stressed out and irked lol
oh did i
well I'm a bit irked by the Jeremy situation
but before that I thinkbi was just tired
Like when you got heated about max building maga
By using parts from the freshmen cell
Yeh I'm talking to Jeremy now
well ok ya but that's simply like an ethical issue, it would be a hypocritical abuse if power to be taking apart ppls robots
thankfully he didnt
but also like o hear a lot of ppl talking about being upset at how authoritarian botball is and I do see it at some pts
yeh...
idk I just feel like some personalities clash a lot in our current state of botball, leading to unnecessary drama
I feel like Jeremy was treated pretty unfairly
I now feel bad I didn't say more to kinda alleviate the situation
Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to be more of Jenn complaining and alienating Jeremy rather than the other way around
agreed
also I think Ethan and David have some pretty negative biases against Jeremy
Max seems to too I guess
I didn't expect Max to honestly, Ethan and David always have strong biases so I'm not surprised about that
like I think Jeremy was probably being dictatorial and alienating his team, but Ethan firmly believes that Jeremy is a power hungry person who just wants to be in control
though Max does trust Jenn more than Jeremy it seems like so it makes sense how this came about
lol Jeremy has said multiple times he just wants to build a robot and have a good time, which I can empathize with
but like I think Jeremy just can't tell when he is being dictatorial
ya ikr this drama is stupod
also the fact that we hadnt talked to him about it directly at all and Ethan David and Max immediately jumped to kicking him out was a bit concerning
I was talking to him after and I think a super valid defense on his part is that every time he asked others for their thoughts they would not along, there was no instance where he could have changed his behavior, until now where we full out smack him in the face with it
yeh I was just talking to him and asking what he wants and he just wanted to work in a nice group lol
*nod
ya... and it was totally unfair to basically blame Jeremy for the other members not being dedicated lol
I really wanted to say smthn and I regret that I didn't
I really want to let him jump onto Chad with us worse comes to worse but idk if we have enough for him to do, I already feel bad about what happened with Brando last year and Max has already started moving onto other stuff now that the big chunk of hardware is done
ya. i would be fine with that
it might be a nice resolution for all parties anyways
cuz apparently none of his team wants to work with him and it seems like we're the only ppl who would be down to work with him :/
apparently ASun and Sam said they're fine with working with him and that Sam didn't want Jeremy to leave (this info is from Jeremy himself)
forgive me if this sounds mean and harsh but I didn't know that Jenn could stir up this much trouble. Working with her in RWDC has been a breeze, but maybe that's cuz everyone is already friends before in that group
well
ya tbh I don't think Jen being "done with botball" is really cuz of Jeremy, considering how she never brought up him being dictatorial when she talked with Jeremy privately, it might have been a minor reason that we projected
In contrast to that I have heard/listened to her complaining that Jeremy was doing robo stuff without consulting her first but now I question if its really that Jeremy was doing stuff without telling her or if it was her blowing things out of proportion
the question is would that group really have done anything without Jeremy
cuz it's not like Jen has been super dedicated in the past, or come to extra meetings ever
That is a really good point, even if the robot isn't looking too great it's still all that group produced and on top of that it was mostly done by Jeremy
one problem is even if we bring up these points Ethan and David are rather adament against Jeremy and we both know rather well how stubborn they are lol
I'm not saying we need to start digging into this more now that we just let things settle but if things arise again I'm warning that things could get not cool quick
man, how much you wanna bet that other teams and actual real robot/tech teams don't have to deal with this kinda of BS lol
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well maybe in hs
defiantly goes away in college I think
man why can't ppl just be nice to eachother
a large majority of the ppl doing robotics rn probably aren't going to do robotics in the future so I think it's self-filtering, I remember David talking about doing financial engineering stuff at Columbia
wait a sec
if you're going to delve into the entrepreneurship life aren't you going to have to be real careful of ppl backstabbing n' stuff
ya :/
or at least ppl bumming off of others lol
it's fine tho most entrepreneurs are also not like that
ay lmao, if you ever need trustworthy engineering consulting or anything I'gotchu
if you need a CRO I also got you
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lol thanks man
if you need an untrustworthy CFO
I double got'chu
if u need someone to constantly tell u how unviable legged robots are I gotchu
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wondering whether to sleep now and wake up early to do work or do to work now and sleep later
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the ultimate question
just depends on how productive u feel
I wanna do robo stuff but not academic stuff
I'm so unproductive rn but I can't sleep cuz I have a MUN Conference call in like 5 min :/
so basically not super productive lol
lol
bruh I thought MUN was over lol
well then sleep might be good idea
nah winmun
I usually work best at 3 am
I really wanna build this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fusr9eTceEo
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The demonstration in this video will show you the effect of proportional, derivative, and integral control on a real system. It's a DC motor connected to an ...
and make it from the crazy ass battlebots motor I have
Tue, Feb 27th 2018, 8:27 am
Every time I chug a cold one I feel more lethargic inside lol
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Can you open up the back door in like five minutes?
lol ya
Thanks man
I'm here now
what if i use my fb profile
for my yearbook
You could but idk if Jonny would allow that
lol fine
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probably doing this one. Sarah helped me pick
Ha nerdddd
I just defaulted to my ID lol
lol
actually my I'd is not baf
*bad
I originally wanted to meme it but decided against it
just put a legged robot
I'm already spreading awareness with instagram
lmao
I really don't know how to converse with internet strangers
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lol
bruh
its fine if you just ask about their school
But then you know their general area and ip confirmation and then you get a smaller sample size of who to hack
You can never be too careful on the internet @_@
@_@
I really wish there was a way to delete your msgs on social media platforms
you can
but it just won't delet on their side
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That's like a half pussy deletion
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Who the fuk would want dat
honestly it would be so much easier if you could just delete messages
especially for arguments
This sounds like an untapped market
Make yet another redundant social media platform with one gimmick
lol
Would it really help with arguments?
Maybe I've never had enough online but idk
well
i mean Jen is still hanging that one text i sent 3 months ago over my head
it would help for ppl like Jen or Vara who scroll back and find like on message you sent and use it to rage about u
LOL I mean if they're willing to go that far they probably have that line saved and memorized
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I'm guessing she's holding you mentioning she can be a bit petty sometimes?
ya
lol
I suppose she can't take criticism too well
ce'st la vie, she'll probably mature more on that when we grow up
ya hopefully
and then things will hopefully be better between you two
ya, tho i don't imagine use talking that much after hs anyways
random thought, Caravan palace sounds really good on piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx47FE1Soww
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This is my piano tutorial for Lone Digger from Robot Face by Caravan Palace. Click "Read More" for the free sheet music / sheets and free midi. I hope you en...
i kinda want to learn it
anyways
:O you don't plan on keeping up with your high school buds?
What happened to all that nostalgia about high school ending lol
no i do but not specifically Jen and I
ahh ic ic
on a brighter note:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/609996/googles-self-training-ai-turns-coders-into-machine-learning-masters/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2018-02-26&utm_campaign=Technology+Review
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Automating the training of machine-learning systems could make AI much more accessible.
(and yeh Caravan Palace sounds surprisingly good on piano)
oh they already had that
they had a publically available CNN that you could easily deploy
google had trained that CNN on their databanks for like days, so its pretty good at recognizing
its suppose to be like a general object recognizer
but its not perfect. it thought my hand was a door
that's pretty funny
so it's not super great yet
is that what they also use for google assistant I wonder?
proabbly ya
this is probably just a platform for ppl to access the CNN easier
cuz i had to do some wierd shit to deploy it
weirdd
so you can't actually see or mess with the source code?
you probably could find the code online
but its not actually that important
what's important is the sheer amount of data google has for the algorithm to train on
and how much processing power google has to actually train such a massive algorithm
damn, bigshot over here just shitting on google's algorithm and how it's not important
jkjk
google literally has just banks of GPUs that work on these algorithms for days
lmao
if q-computing really delivers on revolutionizing processing power and speed AI should get a huge boosto from that
which would then give a big boosto to robots operating in society
which would just make the world a better place objectively
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hey uh
i think the hardwares all there, we just gotta work on the software
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Ppl with that mindset are doomed to eventually hit a wall and be behind
esp since hardware is always being improved and innovated
it's not like the fucking ppl who designed motors were just like airplanes already fly well all we have to do is make better motors
no you motherfuckers, they took advantage of new wing designs and controls too
sorry I just get so triggered by that thinking
However I do understand that making physical robots and building the low level software and controls for one is always takes time and money so it is kinda of a concern how there's so many different robots platforms out there
but ya know what? They're fixing that because the _software_ is lacking in portability, that's why ROS exists >:(((((
(oh yeh, I'll be working on Chad next block, anything you want me to take a direct look at? Otherwise I'll just be continuing programming)
nah i don't think so
actually maybe its a good idea to start writing down each bin dump
specifically the first one cuz the second one isn't fully done
but just get an idea of the success rate
probably a good thing to do is get the line stuff worked out, like find out if/why sometimes it skips the line, and also get that line up to balck working?
yeh, I'll just work on line up to black this block then
and once I get that done I'll start working on the rest of the path testing
are u at botball now?
cuz I have lunch I could come over
Almost there I'm waiting for pine to do attendance lol
And sir
Sure
Tue, Feb 27th 2018, 9:55 pm
"On a scale from 1 to 5, how viable is legged robotics?"
this is an actual question on my fermi questions test
its a trick question bc the answer is 0
bc ur suppose to answer in powers of 10
oh btw 4 ppl are taking hovercraft tomorrow
Wed, Feb 28th 2018, 12:25 am
godamit the whole Jeremy situation is still bothering me. I can't stop thinking about it
Wed, Feb 28th 2018, 6:14 am
I may have just woke up and not know when I fell asleep
I'll be making a hovercraft test during B block...
How long is it supposed to be? 10'questions?
wanna go to botball for winblock today?
it should be like 30 minutes
so 10-15 questions depending on how many calculations
ya ill go for winblock but I might need to study during part of that time for a test
Wed, Feb 28th 2018, 3:14 pm
May I reorganize the master folder one of these days lol
The folders are ridiculously pathed
Wed, Feb 28th 2018, 9:12 pm
nah they're not thattttt bad
How's MUN going
busy bus busy
I'll send you the physics problems by tomorrow
ok. you don't have to, im gonna try to do it on my own
proabbly on Friday ill have time
It's due on Friday
shit i have an essay
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it fine im not planning on sleeping tonight
you aren't as young anymore and you already suffered from burnout before
doing this will only hurt you more
bruhhhhhhh
its ok its jusg for a few days
my fucking linux side just broke again
next time I'm just getting a fully supported linux computer
venturing out into uncharted territory on a random laptop that no one uses is making me insane
wdym uncharted territory?
no one has data on this laptop
HOLY FUCK
I LOVE UBUNTU
FUCKING FIXED IT
I'M GOING TO POST MY RESULTS
AND KEEP ON USING LAPTOPS AND EXPLORING UNCHARTED TERRITORY
Thu, Mar 1st 2018, 8:27 am
http://startupspotlight.mitforumcambridge.org
thought you might be interested
I heard about it through MassRobotics
oooh
oh I've talked to a few of these startups before
through other events n' stuff?
ya and MAHacks outreach
dang, how big is your network already lol
lol I mean they're all loose connections
but i think relatviely big cuz I spend a lot of time networking
I also randomly show up to events at CIC so that helps
btw do u have plans for this summer?
not really unless MassRobotics gets back to me
ah ok
I got a job offer to work at Beaverworks as a TA
Niceee
but not sure if I want to t
cuz it coincides with robotics month
You mean botball or is there another robotics month out there lol
Pretty national robotics day already passed
Jk national robotics week is in April
botball lol
Ic ic
Btw can you open the door in like 2-3 minutes
ya sure
Nvm
Got in through garage
nice
You wanna head down for e block?
i have actual class e block
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Oh yeh
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Forgot about that...
Actually I was thinking
Do you wanna do D block Chad programming?
Cuz I was going to turn E block into working out with Sam and mr D
ya sure
tho can we do starting next week
Yeh sure
<3 thanks
I'm slightly dying this week
Ya think lol
Here ya go
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I'll finish the rest soon
<3
but nah I got this
I'm gonna do these problems myself bc I've been leeching too much already
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These are backup. Just in case
Can't ever be too safe
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I did 39 instead of 40 LOL
lmao
nice
alright I'll get that done after a while...
Thu, Mar 1st 2018, 4:24 pm
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https://youtu.be/D3BJ5bt5VbA
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Google Clips is a new kind of camera that uses algorithms to automatically capture important moments in your life. But it may be biting off more than it can ...
The Google Clips is probably the most ambitious product I've seen to use AI to have a personal impact in society
Fri, Mar 2nd 2018, 10:12 am
I'll be gone E block for glasses so I can't work on Chad today probs
okok
oh also just checked out the GOogle Clips
idk if its that ambitious of a product
I feel like the concept is
wanting to be able to take pictures for ppl?
That's literally taking the job of a photographer (don't tell Ashley)
However, the clip can't actually move itself so it can't frame the picture
and the AI isn't good enough to actually tell expressions much less the mood of the event lol
but I feel like the goal of being able to take pictures of great events for people while the people are unaware of the picture being taken is pretty ambitious
that's a pretty abstract goal for software to achieve too
"taking pictures of loving events for people"
hmm ya i guess
but i feel like computer vision ai is no longer that ambitious in general
do u k abotu that startup by Andrew Ng, that wants to make AI that can help cure depression
Idk man they still got a lot to go before having real computer vision on par with humans lol
Wtf cure depression?
How would an ai do that? Just talk to ppl so they don't feel alone?
ya its a chatbot that's suppose to be able to be really good at reading emotions
How would that cure depression though
Wouldn't it be more of a supplement?
ok less cure and more help depression
like reduce symptoms
Maybe it's just me
But the idea of pretend empathizing from a nonsentient machine to help someone who is having trouble connecting with themselves and others seems a bit off to me
Though I suppose the patient doesn't have to know that they're not talking with a real person
nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Woebot let me down
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if u dont click the word buttons with prewritten responses, it just continues as if u did lol
:'(
https://www.messenger.com/t/drwoebot
Yeh that's not as impressive as I thought
its
its getting there
In fact I'm throughly disappointed and my day is ruined
its viable
:'(
How the fuk are ppl supposed to empathize with it if it can't even understand what you're saying lol
You're literally just reading a book or playing a choose your own adventure game at this point
ok wait i may have misrepresented its goal
its not suppose to be in the moment stress relief, weobot is suppose to talk to you over the course of a few weeks to try to find a pattern
That's a lot more lame than what I imagined it was supposed to do
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apparently Ashley has already tried it bc shes a stressed out college student
she said its been prety good at helping her reorganize her thoughts when shes stressed out
but she hasn't used it enough for it to be super helpful
yet
YETT
So it's more of a tool than anything else
ya
Wait is UChicago really stressing her out?
ok well the concept itself is really ambitious, having an ai therapist
you're basically one step away from sentience lol
Well there's one big problem
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Holy shit it's a memer
lol wait i kinda want to try it out to see exactly what it does
The one big problem is how is Woebot going to write down notes on its patients if it doesn't have hands
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lmao
You know the open AI
Robotic learning algorithm that learns from its mistakes and hindsight?
Apparently Ashvin worked with that group
He sent me the links to the environmenta
Environments
They have a lot of advanced robot simulations/models
Wonder if I could rip some of them
After I mess around with the algorithm
lol
but wouldn't it highly depend on what type of robot
Yeh that's what I'm wondering if the algorithm is adaptive so you could just tell it how many actuators, the physics model and then be ready to go
Now that would be cool
that would have to be a pretty complex physics model
would there even be a standard format for that
like theres just so much variation
you mean the algorithm and not the model right?
you can already plug and chug models into different physics simulators if you give it all the right info
I notice Andrew Ng's name is thrown around a lot
Is he the big man on campus in AI?
Kinda like how BD are the guys to beat in legged locomotion?
ya he's one of the really famous professors
Do you still think that AI will get to a point that you can market it in our lifetime?
I don't know enough about its history to judge its growth
Aside from the fact that the algorithms existed in the 90s but the computers weren't strong enough to handle them viably yet
oh def in our lifetimes
what do u mean by market?
there are aready a lot of AI products in market
I mean a viable one that has actual impact instead of being "huh neat"
define actual impact
One that will cause the revolution that you mentioned, on par with woz's apple II or the rise of the web
i mean AI basically already defines a lot of stock trading and market analysis, which has a pretty huge effect on teh economy
An impact on the world
that's a pretty big impact on the world
it doesn't have to be a consumer product lol
I can bet you 8/10 ppl on the streets don't know wtf Econ ai are or what they donlol
ya that's the pt tho, its not a mass market product
but AI is already determining lots of things about our lives
Econ doesn't affect my life
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the only mass market AI product i can think of is a virtual companion
or its AI that's incorporated into some other mass market product
I'm guessing I'm thinking of impact more of a scientific breakthrough than some applications
Wow that message just summed up a lot about me
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well Neural Nets were the major breakthrough that triggered the recent AI revolution
there probably will be another soon based on how many pl are going to AI now
Energy also seems like they will go through another revolution soon
ya
and wearable tech :D
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Good one
it will happennn
Yeh but they gotta break through the fashion barrier first
Google glass could've done anything but ppl still won't wear it since it looks dumb
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well ya but that's cuz it was indeed dumb
so technology just needs to be more minitiarized
Idk if we can get in on that though, the miniaturization of tech is only really possible for already big and established companies
probably ya
there's not gonna be another Facebook for a while until there's another platform that democratizes technology as much as the internet
maybe if 3d printing gets advanced enough that you can print electronics
only thin i can think of rn
Lmao that would be the dream
Just printing PCBs already finished
Idk enough about 3d printing to make such predictions though
That's a whole separate field
ya. idk how they actually manufacture such miniature electronics
It's all a chemical process
You can "print ICs" already
But making the whole board is a separate matter needing machines or human workers
So ye
That's also why you can create an core i5 the same way as a core i7
The only difference is that when they tested them one performed better and therefore got the i7 label
hmm then what were they doing difrerently to make it better tho?
unless it's literally just a marketing thing
It's a marketing thing
The better performance is just by happen chance
wait ur telling me they make i5 and i7 the same way but there's a random chance that some chips are significantly better than others
Yes
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We talked about this before lol
whattttt
I don't think so
I don't
feel right about this
It was quite the shocker for me too
Sorry I used the wrong example
I7 and i5 have different architectures
But the sub categories of each i7 or i5
Are determined by chance
Lol
ooh
ok that's slightly betrer
Only slightly doe
wait subcategories?
like the gen number? O_o
Lol each core has subcategories
like what
For example
A core i5 that runs well will be called a core i5 3570k
But a core i5 that doesn't run as well will be called 3350p
oh wait then that's fine
it kinda makes sense
But doesn't it still bother you that these subcategories only exist cuz the engineers that made the chip found that some just sometimes fucked up
They only exist by chance
Like there's no way to make a set amount of core i5 3570k
You just keep going until you have enough
lol ya, but I feel like any product is like that
And then have lesser cpus hanging around as a byproduct
it doesn't seem like the performance varies by a whole lot
EACH HERTZ COUNTS
and technically you could just label them all i5
but it's like a bonus to test and specify
That's like making a robot but one motor doesn't work that well
So you rename it and sell it at a lower price
free market economyy
well i feel like if ppl are willing to buy it it's still a valid product
as long as the customers are willingly making a choice to buy a worse one
its like if you can't afford a working legged robot
but there's one that's completely broken that they still sell at a lower price
so u can use to jack off to or whatever u do with robots
Ok yeh that makes sense
It's just that the aspect of uncertainty on a thing that we all rely on bothers me
Especially since it's the foundation of all tech
I also just thought of a reason why legged robots are useful
Whilst walking down the broken and wet streets
lol wut
*why
There's no way there's an efficient wheel can handle that without being too big
And therefore they can't go up stairs and they would require a lot of power, adding onto the weight
But legged robots
They will have no problem
AND be able to walk up stairs and handle ANY terrain
Sat, Mar 3rd 2018, 11:50 am
damn dude are u ok
Interview went better than I thought it would
The dude came a bit later than me
How to ease queasy stomach
nice nice
oh did u hear Sam got into umich?
Yeh
Good times
oh also for queasy stomach
apparently ginger is suppose to help
idk usually I just lie down
Sat, Mar 3rd 2018, 5:05 pm
I think that worked
Thanks man
nice
How are things goon'
Also this girl sounds kinda like you
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Well actually doesn't sound like you at all
But she does 15 clubs
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lol wut
how does she go to chess club without knowing how to play chess
That caught me really off tbh
Who dis girl
what grade is she?
also lol you're actualy using insta
I'm using it to post pics of robots and document the timeline of modern robotics
Otherwise I'm talking to this girl
Ethan did some stalking and all her friends are sophomores
So if I'm missing on Monday
That means the FBI got me
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whats her name?
You into her?
I gotchu
Her name is Hannah
lol no
i just need to k her name so i can meme her
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Oh dear lord
Sun, Mar 4th 2018, 3:47 pm
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oh fuk
she's actually a sophomore
lol do u k where she's from?
NY
that's not too far l
what are you implying...
:)
maybe you could go teach her chess
insert your rook into her castle
castle is a move
otherwise rooks and castles can be considered the same lol
ya ik
and rooks participate in castles
are ya implying I should stick mah dic into her dic?
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whateva ur into man
I wont judge
wanna work on botball tomorrow during B block?
what day is it
now that you're outta "overscheduled" hell?
day 1 I believe
ABEGF
*ABEFG
ya sure
got any good song recs?
that aren't techno or electronic lol
lol depends what kinda mood ur in
idk what mood
catkin_make failed
I'm in a bad mood now
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if you want some mellow music that's somewhat edgy
https://youtu.be/U2Kc8WSwjq8
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that's only for occasional moods tho late at night
it already sounds incredible edgy lol
oh wait, this is gay church man
if u want something less edgy may I recommend the black keys
tighten up
not bad
thanks man
tighten up, lonely boi, black submarines, howlin for you, Gold on the ceilijng
are the ones I like
i notice tighten up seems to be a slightly angsty love song
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ya well so are like all the songs I listen to
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the music video is pretty funny
yeh it really was lol
ppl are starting to do promposals btw
oh really? who
you'll see haha
really hoping I land a job by May now
so I'll have a good excuse not to go
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wait wdym I'll see?
nah I mean someone already promposed so that's why I said ppl are starting to do them
I don't think I should ruin the surprise by telling ppl before the two ppl going to prom do
are ya still going to ask Jenn?
no idea
got sent back to Arctic Monkeys by youtube lol
aight
what happens if you go alone?
nothing
a few ppl did last yr
lol
read that as
"you're nothing"
> What happens if you go alone? > you're nothing
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wow
perception is reality I guess
do u k who you're gonna ask?
ha nope
like I said, get a job, don't go, get paid
but isn't prom on a weekend
May 30th is a Wednesday I think
oh welp
ay lmaoo
let's both get jobs and become employed losers
#corporatelife
you could ask
Aiaydiah
still can't believe she memes me
does she know enough about me to properly meme me or is it just weak sauce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5fjeljnM0s
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shiz man
this ain't bad
wut
why does he sound just like Alex Turner
ikr
boggles my mind
it ain't bad doe
apparently the band is from Philly
Sun, Mar 4th 2018, 10:58 pm
they're ok
tho a bit too mellow imo
says the guy who's into gay church yelling man
ok but that's like if you're in the mood
Ceramic animals is like in between Arctic Monkeys and that
that sounds amazing actually
lol they have a song called Edgy
but it wasn't even that edgy :/
are you seeking edges now?
nah just the title lied to me
if its called edgy it better be a sharp-ass edge
lol
are you feeling extra angsty lately?
kinda
high school is almost over its crazy to think about it
man you're really hung up on this huh?
were you like this for middle school?
Do you not like the passage of time (our most valuable and powerful resource?)
nah no one likes middle school
i mean looking back do you ever wish that *more* had happend
yeh of course lol
like all artists I think all my work sucks ass
but that's why I'm fine with doing more and letting time take its course as I continue to create
do you just wish you did more things?
well yes
but like more in terms of i wish life could have thrown more excitement into high school
not focused on what i've worked on in hs but just like the general experience
of being an adolescent is almost over
and its been kinda boring lol
are you sad since you've never had a girlfriend?
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to put it a bit blunt
excitement never comes to you
only tragedy does
just like opportunities, you must seek out excitement
what do you mean by more excitement in high school?
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tragedy is fine too
to be honest
i just wish i had experienced more of life from this lense
had more opprotunitites to develop as a person
do you not like who you are rn?
and I don't think you should ever wish tragedy upon yourself lol
well
well how about I put it this way: rn I believe time well spent is time spent on: friends family learning creation enjoying what the world and life can give to you in the fullest (a nice meal, the quiet pitter patter of a sunday rainy afternoon, seeing a bright full moon, ...)
ya
i also enjoy and want to spend time on those things
but what i mean is i wish my life was a bit more interesting lol
and also i feel like it would be better for me in the long run if I had some more challenges in my life now that I had to struggle to overcome
I've never heard of someone wanting to make it harder for them to live life haha
so basically you want to experience more hardships to build more "character"?
become more than just a guy from a normal place, living a normal life?
well to be fair i guess i wouldn't k if i would actually want these things since I can't imagine what it would be like, so i might just being super naive
but ya
i feel like life is too boring without that many struggles
I feel like you might be thinking of life too much as a story
idk i feel like i kinda wished I would have more of a story to tell from my high school years
jinx
yes i def am
dead on huh lol
idk about you but I define my years based on what I made
life isn't always a structured story with a beginning conflict, climax, resolution and conclusion man
I actually think the Big Lebowski really showed that well
it's a story that's more about life than most movies
The Dude doesn't change that much from his "story"
he's still the same guy
not everything you go through is supposed to alter who you are as a person
and seeking that out doesn't guarantee it either
maybe you need to take up a sport, I've been contemplating asking my pops to teach me martial arts
ah
ya i wish i learned martial arts
ya ik life isn't always like that, that's why i'm kinda wishing it was lol but it hasn't been
What did you want to happen lol
no idea
its kinda an irrational desire
You fight and chase down the Boston bomber and then have a romantic arc that ends with a melancholic kiss as your love interest leaves and or dies?
well for example i think i told you this, in elementary / middle school i wished i could get a limb amputated somehow, so that my life would be interesting and I would have some obstacle i could struggle through and ocercome
a bit extreme
also having a metal leg seemed cool
"Dear Santa, this year for xmas I want to become crippled"
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The idea might be cool but we both don't know the actual struggles ppl like that to through
ya that's what i kinda realized
It might trivialize their struggles if they ever meet a dude who wants to lose their limb just cuz they wanna experience more. Basically don't ever say this to a crippled person
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I think you might be confusing wanting to live a fuller life with more grander highs and heavier lows with wanting to experience hardship and pain
maybe
I mean I'll take the grander highs
but the heavier lows are the things I have yet to experience
Really? Have you ever felt like welp shit this is the worst thing I've ever experienced/felt
ya
but I also know that it's nothing compared to what actual suffering is like in life
like the hardships I've had to overcome are hard but practically nothing when u put it into perspective
I kinda wished I had the opportunity to experience more, both super high and super low, during my high school years
there's something different about being a growing kid and experiencing these, and experiencing them as like a middle age man
I can assure you it doesn't matter how old you are, no one ever wants to remember their super lows
Instead of focusing on the future and remembering the past
I think you might want to focus more on the present
Since you can never tell when the good old days will be over
hmm i feel like there comes a time where you will gladly remember your super lows and appreciate them for pushing you to become a better person
maybe that's too optimistic
I don't think ppl who survived the atomic bombs ever thanked that they experienced that
that's kinda what I want. I would be fine with my life being harder now if it means I grow to b a better person as a result
well ok I mean personal struggles not things like atomic bombs
you don't grow as a person from being pounded with radiation
The hulk did
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Yeh I see what you mean
You want to become a better person and you think that you need to experience hardships in order to do that
But idk how true that is
Sure ppl like Ghangis Khan experienced a shit ton of hardships and became a better ruler and warrior
But then you also have ppl like Steve jobs who was kinda homeless and unemployed and kinda friendless but that didn't make him into a better person
it probably helped inspire him to innovate tho
He wasn't the person who innovated first lol
That only happened after his grand high with the apple two
A big question I think you might want to ask yourself is, do you fully appreciate what you have and experienced so far, truly appreciate it all so that you can wholeheartedly say that you don't think it all wasn't enough!
*?
no, probably not
I mean I'm really thankful for the things that have happened that have led me to where I am today
but I always have the feeling it could have been better. not better in the usual way but better as in more interesting, more facets of life i couls have experienced, more opportunities for me to develop
You know ppl tend to want to better their current selves and not their past selves
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and honestly this is a bit selfish but also comes down to me wanting to live an interesting life, one that sticks out and is worth remembering. probably "remarkable" would be the best word
Well let me put it kind of blunt, time is the most valuable and most limited resource we have, despite it being boundless. And because of that we can only do so much with it, there is a really could chance that you could not have experienced more even if you wanted to. You might even have to exchange certain experiences for the ones you want
ya, I mean none of this has any bearing for the present since I'm jus talking about me wishing some things could have been
I like how this all comes back to you wanting to be remembered
looking forward tho I do want to experience life more and explore rather than focusing and pursuing singular goals
and ya pretty much lol. that's a common theme for me I guess
Idk if this is a downer or not, but no one remembers the nice April day that Alexander the Great spent hanging out with his buds and having the must fun in his life. Instead, ppl remember his military conquers and achievements
But do you know who remembers that day? And cherished that day to their death? Alexander the Great did
ya but I mean he did both lol
Yeh of course he did lol but your point of being remembered is a bit contradicting your goal of not focusing on singular goals. Ppl are only remembered for their singular goals and achievements
if you had to choose between leading a life full of experiences and happy moments but die with little consequence, or a life that's bittersweet and miserable at times, but leave the world a much better and changed placr
Yeh I know you would choose the second one lol we talked about this before I think
I vividly remember this interview of Musky, where he basically said his life is pretty miserable and lonely
when someone asked him "what do you say to those ppl who want to be like you" he said "I'm not sure that I want to be me"
Yeh, you may want it now but when you're there you may not want it anymore
ya... but I guess the point of it is choosing against being happy in order to do some big positive good for the world
so obviously in the entire process one would be miserable
yet something drives Musky to keep doing it, cuz he feels like it needs to be done
It's not binary dude, you can be happy and accomplish great things at the same time
ya ik I mean that would've the dream obviously
I think musky has clearly failed in that aspect
I'm just thinking about what if u had to sacrifice one
well it's also hard to find a comparison for Musky who did succeed in that
I guess Bill Gates
This is becoming intensely hypothetical lol, what conclusion are you trying to make? It seems like you're trying to get down to one
Yeh gates seems to have done it
His foundation has basically destroyed polio
And he's not losing any sleep or sanity doing it
I think either path are both equal and valid
Sure you can say one is more selfish than the other but in the end who's going to know
ya
I feel like there will come a point in the future where this question will be less hypothetical and more real
like should I spend the next year pouring all my time into this startup or should I spend it studying abroad and experiencing the world etc.
these choices are coming soon
our decisions will determine if we get chapter 6A, 6B, 6C, or 6D
Yeh no shit lol
But it ain't gonna be as black and white as if I don't suffer I'm not going to change the world
Life isn't as simple as a story from a game, movie, book, etc
There's always more than can be feasibly recorded
ye
I have no doubt in my mind that CMU said nah because of my GPA but do I give a fuck? Nah who cares I'm still going to get to point whatever anyway
If you want to make it happen then go for it, it's not going to be as simple as getting through x chapters and making x choices
And sure there's the very real possibility that you won't get there
But so what
There's always something else to do, some of which might be better than what you aimed for originally
But you're not going to know that until you do it
No one will
Unless you're a time traveler
Aight, it's starting to get late lol
Ya feeling less angsty and more do-y?
Mon, Mar 5th 2018, 8:04 am
You got a pass?
oh nope
Can you get me one for b block?
Tell meh when u got one pls
ya sure
Where should we meet up so you can hand it off to me
I'm gonna be getting to school in the next 30 min
Ayyy
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That's when A block ends lol
I got you a pass
Just meet me at physics
Where u at man
oh thanks
I just got here
ok I'm hanging outside physics like a creep
I'm at the balcony tables now
Kkkk
Mon, Mar 5th 2018, 11:41 am
oh are you going on that Japan trip?
Mon, Mar 5th 2018, 1:59 pm
I can barely afford the parts to an electric skateboard
lol
so no?
depends idk
the huge bonus to the japan trip
is that I would be able to get my hands on japan exclusive humanoids and servos
since the robot hobbiest scene is bigger there they got more resources
lol
wouldn't Japan cost more than Europe tho
in terms of trips
yeh but servos
do u have enough money for that lol
no
but you can always get kicked out of a country once
Tue, Mar 6th 2018, 4:32 am
I'll just bring your stuff in B block
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Or you can pick it all up after school
you awake yet?
just woke up lol
can I grab it during B block?
yeh but you should get to school quick then
B block doesn't last that long today
oh shit
when does it end
ends at 8:20
ok
when you gonna be dere?
probably around 8:05
sounds good
are you at ur house currently?
yup
you could just go to my house and then that way I don't need to carry all your shiz
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jk don't worry about it
ya
I will
dude I did some more research on skateboards
I'm basically a skater now
I can hang with the kool kids
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I also think it's very possible to make an automated skateboard with steering, the tricky part is making it so that it can be automated turning or manual turning
I'll show you some diagrams of the trucks and the decks later
lol ok
I do think automatic turning would be a bit dangerous
if ur crossing a road lol
built-in manual override
ez
ok I'll be there in a few minutes
nioce
here
kkkkkkk
My stomach is actually killing me
maybe it's from the ab workouts
? shit what hapoened
#I'mSoHumble
oh lol
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HumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumbleHumble
hum hum hum hum hum ble ble ble ble ble
aight, if we're actually going to do this skateboard I'mma start doing research on parts and how other ppl made theirs
lol ok. when would we work on it tho
I'll make a folder and share it
it's a project so we can just work on it whenever we want lol
we already have a folder lol
We do?
Welp
Now we have a folder in a folder lol
Maybe we'll make more stuff in the future
lol ya
I think I might get a penny board for reference
Want one?
a what?
It's a type of skateboard
Cheap and small
But same basic parts
I'm so hip now
lol I think one is enough for now
how much are they
https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS722&ei=iMSeWsSwGom1ggeo7qC4Aw&q=cheap+penny+board&oq=cheap+penny+board&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i67k1j0i7i30k1l2j0l6j0i67k1.12010.12776.0.13046.6.6.0.0.0.0.141.721.0j6.6.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.6.718...0i13k1.0.IPyR-2lxi-s
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ranged from like 7 bucks to 180
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7 bucks it issssssss
I just made a parts research doc
ok
do u wanna be social and grab lunch lol
I'm at RWDC lol
I can grab lunch after an hour
we can hang out at my house if you want later para social activities
lol ok
where u at
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
oh shit sorry I went to get food with Jerome
we're at toscanos
Lol
I'm in the botball room rn
ok
do u wanna come?
Nah
Working on Chad rn
You going to come back to the school later?
If so, got an ETA?
ya like in 15 min
do u want any food?
Nah I'm aight
Where u at
taking a dump
Bruh
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Stop prestalking me
I'm taking a piss
Wait which bathroom
by the gym
We need to conserve water
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I'm going to go to the junkyard and scavenge for parts
Apparently it's free
Actually wait
Bad idea
If I use anything from there I would have make sure it's safe
Lol
Tue, Mar 6th 2018, 5:01 pm
lol
would there be anything at the junkyard worth scavenging
Tue, Mar 6th 2018, 7:33 pm
No lol
yo roy do you mind sending me your physics notes
:D
Lost mine lol
lmao
do u have ur textbook?
not sure where it is
welp
The snow didn't come
Fuk
Quick, turn off your heaters and turn on your fans
We got this
wait what
the snow is coming tomorrow night
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Wed, Mar 7th 2018, 7:24 am
Botball for winblock and D block?
ya sure
wait actually I need to finish an English reading but it should take like 20 min
I'll get you passes lol
During C Block
Jk
Can't find him
ok ghanks
oh
eh I czan get out of winblock without one I think I have mrs.decamp
Wait
I got them
Where u at
YOU GET MONEY TO MAKE A PROTOYPE
BRUH
WHERE DAT CASH COME FROM
lol
Wed, Mar 7th 2018, 2:32 pm
Where u at
taking the bus home
Boring
I live so far from downtown :'(
Max is blowing up shit
you're missing out
lol wut
what's happening
look at the Swobo in Boston chat
oh ya i saw
instant cold ones
You wanna go to Japan?
well it will depend on when, how long and price
but ya
focusing on those experiences before college 👌
ive never actually been to anywhere in asia except China
That's like every parameter for the trip lol
although i most likely won't do both Europe and Japan
unless this 6 fig salary works out lmao
I wonder if we could test the skateboard in the streets of Japan
Ez plz six gigs
Figs
lol
That snow day is looking strange
ya
quick turn on the fans
Grab all the dust removers and start spraying them into the air
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I wonder if one could skateboard on snow
Is there a sci oly thing today?
I never got the rest of the hovercraft tests lol
which ones did u get
Chris parsons
Oh man maybe we should've made a skateboard earlier so you would have a nice and easy form of transport around Winchester
I think that's it
for tests lmao
alright
he's in lol
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ez pz
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also wut is this musi app
Idk
But it's useful
wait is this the actual app
It's basically a shitty youtube
But you get no audio adds that interrupt the video and you can turn off your screen and save battery and have it playing while using other apps
Capacity: 110lbs
shit I'm more than that lol
no wonder that skateboard is cheap
lol
"if you deliver Musi a attempt, please let us know what you think of it in the feedback"
lmao
I never got that stuff I think
wonder why
actually
instead of wasting money buying a regular skateboard
it might be more cost efficient to just dive into it
plus any machining we "need" to get done during the school year cuz I can't think of anywhere else we could get access to a drill press w/o costing money lol
hmm what do u mean exactly by "dive into it"
get the parts, build an electric longboard, see how that works and then start making mods
I know we can build a usable one for ~400
and then the parts can be resused need we find out we can't use the same exact setup
(btw there's a webassign due rn)
oh shit right
Do you mind if I just buy the parts and everything and just build a basic electric skateboard
lol wait
are you sure you want to rush into this
these parts are pretty expensive
I just really want to work on something physical lol
Yeh but I already have the tools and I think my skills can handle this kind of stuff fine
there's also a reason you don't have money lol
ok
hmm can we just go over the whole project tomorrow after school
Money is useless if you don't spend it
talk about budget and goals etc.
the budget is whatever I can find in my room
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lol this is why you would be the perfect CRO
I'd rather be poor and have all the parts in the world than be rich and have no parts
well
Exactly
or you can be not poor and have the right parts
The right parts are not always the coolest parts
But yeh sure we can go over shiz tomorrow lol
Do you guys still need me for the sci oly meeting
nah its fine
I have to work out with Tanishk tomorrow, which would go until like 4, then i'm free b/w 4 and 6
before MUN
more like 4 and 5:45
Sure
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I can't leave school with only two measly snow days doe
This is outrageous
my fans been blasting out the window all afternoon
its not working
Yo I feel
This is bullshit
I'll try leaving my freezer open and see how that works
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btw
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how do u find the total length
i have the displacement in radians
Jenn has pics of my work
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Why the fuck are there donuts
Filters are the dumbest thing in existence
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lol
ohhh ic
i gruesomely overthought this question
The radian value is ridiculous lol
Wait, new budget idea
What if we just casually steal from open institutes like MIT and Harvard
But not from cheetah man
uh
i dont think that will end well
As a fellow leg man I understand his troubles and cannot betray a fellow brother
Ok new new budget, what if just use up all our money to make something that will give us more joy than that money ever will (except for food, shelter, and warmth)
Jk the motor and batteries and ESC can generate warmth
And if it's raining you can use the deck as shelter
And if you're hungry, just eat the battery, energy transfer at its finest
Conservation of energy
I'm a fucking genius
Thu, Mar 8th 2018, 1:40 am
holy shit
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MIT and I share the same bday lmaoo
its a SIGN
Thu, Mar 8th 2018, 6:15 am
I'm surprised that you of all people don't know when MIT was founded
and I suggest to stop any superstitious bullshit you're going to put yourself through in an attempt to irrationally make yourself feel better/good about decisions lol
that stuff is wack and bad for your mental health
but on a much brighter note, snowday!
Thu, Mar 8th 2018, 12:23 pm
I fucked up and went back to sleep
Wasted half of my day
welp
I spent it browsing YouTube and then helping with shoveling
3 trees toppled over lol
holy shit
how ripped did you get?!
Shoveling toppled trees
geez, Arnold Schwarzenegger over here
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my ass hurts so much
wait
this song actually isn't bad
time to add this to my playlist
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when do you wanna talk "budget"
hmm
nice time lol
lol
you down for any time?
otherwise I'mma start buying parts and building
Forgive the call but I'm curious
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
You might be more hard to contact than I am
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Thu, Mar 8th 2018, 7:32 pm
oh shit
sorry my phone was out of battery for a while
uh wanna call at 8:30?
yeh sure
I was about to buy parts doe
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All the companies at MassRobotics also wanted sophomore+ college students
fuk
I'm going to cold email a shit ton of companies and startups by this Saturday
shit wait I just realized I have 2 MUN calls now and at 9
Bruh
Eh don't worry about it I think I finished up the parts doc
You can take a look anytime you want
I'll just spend the rest of the night studying probs
Wait why are there two mun calls lol
How does that work
one with the officers one with other ppl
Ew
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I finished up the initial research on electric skateboards
So I think we've got the knowledge to build one
The list holds all the commonly used parts, motors, batteries, ESC, etc
We can talk about dimensions and price and stuff, which will help narrow down what we want to use
If the parts already in the doc don't work then we can easily find other stuff, the stats just have to line up like the cells, operating amperage, etc
But we should do stuff soon since free shipping for some of these stuff can take up to 20 days
companies don't talk to other companies right?
I hope I don't get infamous in the robotics community as that highschool kid who cold emailed everyone for a job lol
lol
still in a MUN meeting?
no physics FR tomorrow btw
you'll probably get like 15% of emails viewed and like 3% responses
just from MAHacks cold emailing experience
you can see if people viewed your email?!
I'm going to email around 40 places
so 3% means
I'll get one response
lol fuk
i was also emailing asking for sponsorship
you might get more replies if your looking for an internship
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I'm just going to be using up their resources
HOLY SHIT
WE COULD TURN USING A PULLEY SYSTEM
MY GOD
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I just thought it up
This could work!
It's non direct
So it could allow for manual turning!!!!!!!!!
Fri, Mar 9th 2018, 8:05 am
You down for D block botball today?
ya
we can also talk about skateboard then
Are you at the school rn?
I'm also free A and B block
ya
Kkkkk
I'll be there after I take a shower lol
jk I'm at your house now
Wait are you srs lol
no lol
You can come over if you want but then we'll have to walk back to
Oh
but it would be totally believable if was lol
roys house?
ok I'm in the caf in my usual spot
Kkkkkk
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Can ya open the beck door next to the cad lab
Where u at Mann
Foxy Roxy called you.
I couldn't get the pass bc K isn't here
I just forged it lol
LOL
Where you at
I'm in the hallway
coming
Oh wait I have a strict study hall teacher lol
I'm on the grand staircase rn
oh
It worked lol
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How much trouble do we get in if we get caught lol
Fri, Mar 9th 2018, 6:39 pm
There are way too many ppl here
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Oh btw if we're serious about this skateboard we should just allocate more time to it even if those days are sporadic
I'll send you my schedule for the next couple of months
I want to die
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enjoy weeb night man
drown your sorrows in underage girls and nosebleeds
Sat, Mar 10th 2018, 12:35 pm
lol thanks man
got a waitlist btw
ah
I see you're typing a lot
eh i think the life in a barn suits you
lol
if it's comfort stuff I'm fine lol
ayyyy
that's what I wanna hear
lol nah man
how many u still hearing back from?
like a shit ton lol
Stacy comes out today
but that's a nah
3pm
How does waitlist work? I thought you had to choose a place by May 1st but Buzz's waitlist stuff comes out by June
so do you just put a deposit down and then if you get off the waitlist you say fuk it to the other school and don't go?
ya i think so
some people's waitlists come out really late
like Kelvin's brother apparently got into Harvard in like August
lol
bruh wut
that's just asking for troublel lol
it was prbably like some last minute drop out for Harvard
idk. but Harvard probably could pull off that type of shiz lol
I feel like before I would've been troubled by how that whole thing is so random but now I understand it
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oh yeh can we work on the skateboard just weekly? Don't like put it above your stuff but what about spending some free days along the week to doing it, like Tuesday or Wednesday
that should be good, just after Sci Oly states tho
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woah i love this song so much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZdiXvDU4P0
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Gente, dejo esta canción, una de mis tantas favoritas :) Lyrics: Slow down, you crazy child. You're so ambitious for a juvenile. But then if you're so smart,...
this is the perfect song for when ur feelin stressed and burned out
the lyrics are what i need
Sat, Mar 10th 2018, 7:06 pm
are you feeling stressed and burned out?
holy shit I'm actually getting waitlisted everywhere
this is actually pretty funny
maybe I can get the record for the most waitlists
wait I actually want that
that would be a hella good story to tell
well at least you know you won't be a Stacy cuck
living underground
also for that to happen you would have to be close to the most number of schools applied probably
Someone got waitlisted 7 times
I bet I could beat that
ez pz
That Vienna lyrics fit you pretty well rn lol
*Those
Are you feeling fine after all that contemplation lol
lol wdym
also I'm at a family event so my response is gonna be sporadic
Geezus
How many family events do you have
every weekend
That's insane
Sometimes I don't interact with my folks until the weekend
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it's mainly with family friends
Ahh
Correct me if I'm wrong and I'm sure we've had this conversation before but
I'm genuinely surprised by the amount of people who have been doing stuff for college
Wait more important question
How the fuck would one fund a product that isn't meant to be a product
self funded
Crowd funding (but they won't get a product)
I don't want to sell it to a specific person
Hmmmm
Maybe I should ask philanthropists
I accidently went back to reddit
but they're really giving me new outlooks on life
for example:
"If I did what I wanted to all the time I'd sit on reddit and doodle. succeeding in college and in life isn't just about passion, it's also about dedication. I don't hate engineering, but I don't live and breathe it like some people. I've still worked hard to be where I am today."
that was in response to someone who was ranting about ppl who did stuff for the sole purpose of putting stuff on their app
http://robotics.oregonstate.edu/robot-operating-system
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Oregon State University is proud to be the primary hosting site for ROS, the Robot Operating System. ROS is a flexible open-source framework for writing robot software. It is a collection of tools, libraries, and conventions that aim to simplify the task of creating complex and robust robot behavior...
OSU HOSTS ROS?!
WHAT THE FUCK
ok, I actually underestimated their robotics lab
OK FUCK EVERY OTHER SCHOOL NOW
"Example Student Projects: Create several prototype robot feet, and advise on control methods to incorporate foot. Help with testing and experimentation of Cassie outdoors and indoors. Begin initial design effort for new arms for Cassie 3, in cooperation with graduate students. Incorporate decision-making algorithms with real-time robot dynamics, to enable footstep planning and balancing at the same time."
JONATHON HURST YOU BEAUTIFUL MAN
Sun, Mar 11th 2018, 3:57 pm
Wait why are all my clocks fucked up
Mon, Mar 12th 2018, 8:41 am
You at the school rn?
ya
Could you get the back door in like 2 min
ye sure
Mon, Mar 12th 2018, 7:52 pm
Do you still plan on coming here tonight?
are u guys at maxes house?
Nah
My house
Ye or nah?
R u going to Max's?
no I'm still doing sci oly lol
at the lib
So you can't help out with build stuff?
not currently I might be able to come later
kkkkk
it's depressing
welp
how goes it so far?
I wanna die
Magnet, IR, Levers, Coin Flip, The End
you got an ETA?
not sure
how much building would we be able to get done?
jk it's 9 pm and I'm still searching for proper IR libraries lol
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boi
do u think it's worht it for me to come
alright at least we know the basic setup now
I mean if you really want
if someone else is here I'll be willing to work until midnight
otherwise it's cold and depressing
and PTSD from previous years
lol ok
we can grind it out on thurs
ok, so then I'll close up shop for today then
oh, Oregon just sent me a letter telling me I'm in their honors college
they really are keeping my moral afloat lol
noicee
the barn is calling
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at least I won't be in debt
shit
how does one raise their motivation?
Tue, Mar 13th 2018, 12:08 am
lol thanks man
Perfect motivator
Probs should catch some z's
Tue, Mar 13th 2018, 12:37 pm
Holy shit there's so much snow
ya ikr
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I wish this happened next week tho
Don't think I can even open my window
Why next week?
or just not this week
cuz sci oly States prep
Cuz of sci oly?
and also I'm going into boston tomorrow to show Swobo round
Holy shit my basement is freezing
I can't even move my fingers that well down here
When do you wanna talk about skateboard parts?
I just realized that I should dress warmer rn
Cold air kills my lung
Yeh it's pretty sad that you can't show swobo around
hmm idk maybe later in the afternoon?
let's put a hard number on it lol
how does 3pm sound?
it will depend on Jason cuz I need to do a game on practice
give me a min
wait you're doing that rn?
at some pt today
do you have your schedule figured out lol
nope
waiting on jason
if he almost died walking to David's
he might actually die walking through this blizzard
nah it will be fine
also I'll probably go to his house
you're going to die
ehh it was gonna happen anyways
don't say shit like that lol
psh it's true lol
super edgy
Tue, Mar 13th 2018, 3:18 pm
just shoveled
you ready?
let's do 4
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"Approximately 25 percent of college freshmen/hs grads are virgins before entering college"
dafuq
that's lower than I thought
statistically only one of the bois is a virgin
:'(
probably me
:'(
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I think all of us are man
hey ppl should be thanking us. we are the statistical reason a bunch of other ppl got laid
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I bet max is a slayer
and that is kinda sad lol
lol
I haven't even gone to a party with alcohol
not to even mention drugs
well same
ha
loswer
jk me too
:'(
I just realized 4 passed a while ago
Would you be mad if I just made a prototype
We're just dragging our feet right now
nah i mean i just don't want to spend a whole lot of money without being very clear about our objectives
The first objective is to make a regular (biggish) electric skateboard
I mean you wouldn't have to spend any money if I just tackled it rn
I also really want to start something to get me out of this depressive slump I find myself in
When I got the Oregon honors college and saw that it was from them my first thought was "Fuck, what did I do to get rescinded so fast"
I'm not in a good mindset rn
*got the letter
My second thought was maybe they were taking away the scholarship offer
Are you free at 6?
I need to shovel more snow rn
ya sorry im just a bit swamped in sci oly work and mahacks stuff
and ramping up independent study, plus theres some family things i need to do. so i'm a bit unsure of starting a new project. at least I haven't given it as much brainspace as i should have and thats why im kinda procrastinating ordering parts cuz i wanna make sure its something i can dedicate enough time to
Foxy Roxy called you.
I'll let you know when I first wipe out on the skateboard
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and it's not "life-coaching" it's called being friends lol
Wed, Mar 14th 2018, 3:40 am
Fuck
Stephen Hawking just died
Wed, Mar 14th 2018, 9:27 am
ya ik :/
lmaooooo
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forever a problem for engineers
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there's a bunch of legged robots here
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they also have lots of moving sculpturws
Wed, Mar 14th 2018, 5:06 pm
Since the robots were made under funds from MIT Marc Raibert couldn't keep them
:'(
that phantom circuit board is a real problem
I got waitlisted again
by Northeastern
LMAOOO
:/
4 waitlists
3 more and I'll be tied
I can do this
ez pz
which ones?
all the ones that came out saturday
and now today
anyway
instead of being indifferent
I've become more accepting
also this video from trending on Oregon helped (it just randomly showed up)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXRBLyQQ78A
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Based on actual events. More or less. Credits: Written and produced by Wieden + Kennedy Animation by Psyop & Sun Creatures Studio Performed by Oregon Symphon...
even if I don't end up there in the end
Oregon will forever be my wonderland
that's good
honestly tho you would be perfect at Oregon
lol no need for those kinds of words
your skills are way above average so u would be the big fish there
that's a huge lie
and easily get that legged robot opportunity
Jonathon Hurst is there
you think my skills can compare to his
I meant out of the students
and Mikhail Barn-man Jones?!
your not competing with professors lol
who dat
Barn-man
oh right
bruh they're professors / peoffessionals
I meant among students
nah, never overestimate yourself
you would really stand out. and then ez pz path to agility robotics
the moment I do that, is the moment I become satisfied with my skills
and that's a deathtrap
nah your not overestimating urself. I am just telling u
fuck whats the word for like just right estimating
is it just "estimating"
I don't think there is one lmao
well I'm just-right-estimating u lmao
I'm not saying be content with ur skills, but being at Oregon you would definitely stand out and it's an easy opportunity to work on legged robots that u can't find anywhere else
yeh you're right about that
I haven't really liked to ponder this sentiment
but it is very true
that there could only one major opportunity there
being that of Hursts' lab and company
but then again that's true for basically every place
fuking Marc Raibert becoming a silent business CEO
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alright I just settled that worry way too quickly lol
lol
ya that's why when I say Oregon is perfect for you it's not some cheesy comfort shit. looking at the alternative options, I feel there isn't one better suited for you to do what u want to do in the future
I'm starting to think more about it
And I'm starting to realize that it's probably one of the only places to pursue moving nature sculptures
Actually wait yeh
The woods of Oregon
There's no way anyone would loot or damage a robot I set loose in there
If anything at night ppl would be terrified
Wait shit dude
I could actually
Whoa
Wait this realization is a lot to handle
I could transform Oregon into a world of untamed robots
Alright I know my next big bit project now
Wait would that be considered littering
Wed, Mar 14th 2018, 8:49 pm
CONGRATS DUDE
THANKSSSS
sorry about the late personal congrats I was on a run lol
You're there now man!!!
So then
What's next
lol no problem
no idea i haven't fully processed it yet
I'm starting to feel like our convos are starting to loop in on themselves lol
I think that's the same phrasing from Harvard
Actually
This must help with your motivation now right?
ya
I think I just have similar reactions to the two things
how r u feelin?
The Oregon project is more on my mind than whatever is left
I think if I'm going to make a robot that can live and walk in the wild for long periods of time it needs to be able to turn into a ball
or just have a rest state right
or do u want it to be able to move in the ball
The ball so that when it rains or snows then it can curl up and nothing will be damaged (electronics, joints)
oh ya but it can be just like a scrunched up cube
like the killer dog in black mirror
Moving in a ball maybe if the terrain is ez pz or too hard
LMAO
geezus Christi
This thing is meant for ppl to better appreciate and be more comfortable with robots
There is no roboticist out there who can relate to how the general public sees robots, I can guarantee that
Doesn't help that sci fi is slowly turning back to a state of fear mongering
ya tho black mirror does that with almost every technology
most of the time it's wearable tech of some sort that they're fear mongering
Yeh cuz that shits dangerous mannn
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Actually what do you think about AI learning in real time and in real environments
wdym
Ai and robots are always in controlled environments rn
The closest we get to testing is maybe a walk outside or letting the program try something in a different room
But what if we take it and pit it as nature would
Just shove it all into the deep end
I think the tech has come to a point where they're robust enough to handle tumbles and slips
Ai is everywhere man
it's already learning in real time
unless your talking about just robots with ai
I meant in the actual wild and robots specifically
Fucking spitting numbers on a screen for some banker ain't cool
oh ya I have no idea about ai robots
well also like all ur web searches, all ur tailored ads
That stuff has a more intrinsic part of being more seamless I think
It's meant to just work and direct people
What about the things that are supposed to pop out and change people
And I don't mean bullets popping out of a nozzle and changing ppl from alive to dead
LOL
Thanks man
isn't that what ROBOTS for
arent u guys funded by *T H E D A R K. S I D E*
THE MILITARYYYYYYYYY
MMMMMMMMMMhmmmmmmm
Remote Operating Ballistic Omnipotent Tactical-killer, that's what robot stands for
I'm still miffed by that lady
Fuking fearing tech that she doesn't understand
Which I guess makes sense
But cmon
Are you still out on the night with the bois?
nah I'm on the way back
Fuk
I think I over did it
I was running for two hours without my glasses running through snow piles and whatever and getting lost around Winchester or wherever I was
But now my calves hurt so badly
Fuuuuuuu
Also you down for a super long grind for sci oly tomorrow?
ya. I will have to take a break in the middle to say goodbye to Swobo cuz it's his last day
but ya
and even longer grind session on friday
oh shit I also need to do a bunch of practices tho for other events
Welp shit lol
Dude when Ben and I tried yesterday night
We were just completely wiped out
It was cold and depressing
what happened?
oh
Yeh
You know how there's studies about workers in office jobs living the corporate life being miserable and underperforming
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I kind of know what's that's like first hand now
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welp
There was at one point we were sitting around freezing our asses off and I asked Ben to pass the pliers
But it was dropped mid transfer and just plopped
And in my mind I just thought "wow so this is what it feels like to die creatively and motivationally"
I tried to grab it and missed
Well it could be worse
I could be making stuff in a barn
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do you think I should take those waitlists?
at this point I kinda don't believe in those other schools anymore
ya u shoukd
I mean always maximize ur options
it doesn't hurt to
for a second there I forgot who I was talking to lol
Mr. "I want every option in the world including ones at hospitals"
jk, just messing with ya
yeh you're right
wait dude
one thing
even if we end up at the opposite sides of the country
we're still going to meme right?
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jk jk, idk you're actually probably one of the very few people I know who I can talk and relate to on a more deep level in terms of what we want to achieve and create in life and not to mention I feel like we can work rather well together
that's pretty rare, even in college and beyond
holy fuck that was sappy
NO HOMO TO THE MAX
gayyyyyyyyyyyyyy
ya I actually completely agree
bruh ofc were gonna meme no matter where we are
You're gay, I'm not gay >>>:(((((
how else am I gonna make fun of all your hopes and dreams
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ayyy
I'll keep you updated on every crashed robot
and every girl that I don't understand
:'(
lol same, for every startup i fail
and every girl that either hates me or is mentally insane
also it would be sicc to work on a startup together, during or past college tho our interests kinda differ in terms of fields
of fucking course it'll be sicc!
and nah I feel like our fields are easily molded together
plus as long as I can fund my personal projects (art robots in the wild) I'll be down to pursue other ventures at the same time
we'll keep each other updated
yeeee
high schools not over yet tho
and we aren't cool enough to ride skateboards yet
yet
fuk
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tru, alright, I need to go rest my calves and study for dem tests tomorrow lmaoo
cya man!
we're gonna make the future
also, there have been a couple ppl who have been bummed out a bit after this wave of stuff and I've been telling them this message that I came to when running
I thought it's something that's good to know and perhaps you'll find it useful too
"It's not about the institutions that accept you. What is truly valuable are the people around you who accept you and believe in you, believing that you will do great things. And for you to do those great things you must also believe in yourself"
Thu, Mar 15th 2018, 8:32 am
You wanna work on botball today? Or nah? I have a psych test G block
nah I have a latin test g block as well
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There are so many kids vaping rn
Like bruh
I'm trying to take a shit
Btw when are we meeting up to finish the build shit?
Just meet up at the cafe directly after school?
not sure cuz I have to do 3 other events
which ones do we still need done?
Mission possible
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Someone mentioned elina took helicopters and viv has mousetrap
So it's just this hell of an event left
.have u checked in on their progress?
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Asked
No response yet
ok
How ya feeling now?
No longer in that slump a while back?
ya, i think so
i'm planning on reimplimenting a structure into my life starting next week after sci oly states
i've been kinda just floating through the hours
kinda unmotivated / sleeping a lot
hbu?
I feel a lot more concrete on what I want to do now after the last releases
Kinda like the sense of more solidarity of my cards
Which seems to be just Oregon since the only waitlist I'll probs take is buzz lol
But it really motivated me to get off my butt and actually catch up on left over work
Since it won't matter if I'm a big fish in a small pond if I dont abuse it
Plus there's no way I can converse properly with the grad kids with my current knowledge
I can't even model inverse kinematics properly nor have a made/implemented a proper PID controller yet
ah
the PID controller isn't too hard, we did it at Beaverworks
you can definitly do it with ur skillset rn
I wanna make one from scratch
no idea what a fuckin inverse kinematics is
Electronics and all
Jk that's properly a waste of my time
It's more like I just kinda "use" it but I don't know how it works inside and out. Like I've seen videos and read stuff but I never studied it like how I studied boost converters or something
some other ppl were feeling down about college stuff
so I showed them this
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pRz4HwqeSoMeKJKFcDmeOADePoxlOJJbn8nPk8EBk-Q/edit?usp=sharing
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Sheet1 College Name, Result, Interest Level, Cost, Yes from me?, What I learned Olin, No, None, Doesn' t Matter, No, It really isn' t about where you go Caltech, No, None, Doesn' t Matter, No, It' s about what you create RPI, Wait, None, Way too much, No, Not about where you create Georgia ...
1/15 bby
I can meme it now
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but surprisingly there are less people celebrating than I thought there were
hopefully things turn out better for everyone in the end
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ive never seen this before what
it didn't load correctly lmao
I think we should fix your computer
what a not memey error message though
shame on the programmer who made that
lol
"My dissapointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. Please hold the Shift key and click Refresh to try again"
Now that's a good error message
btw
there's a robot who's sole purpose is to teach ppl not to beat up robots
what has this world come to
lol wut
what savages are our fellow men
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/shelly-robotic-tortoise-helps-kids-learn-that-robot-abuse-is-a-bad-thing
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Shelly is fun to play with, but if you hit it, it'll hide inside its shell until it's safe to come out again
"Robot abuse"
thats not a real thing
i hope
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/children-beating-up-robot
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Japanese researchers show that children can act like horrible little brats towards robots
It's a chaotic and sad world that we live in
I mean the ppl in the U.S. fucking decapitated and sold the parts of the Hitchhiker bot before it even got past the east coast (it was heading west)
However the Hitchhiker bot did get through Canada fine
lol wut
there was a hitchiker bot
https://www.cnn.com/2015/08/03/us/hitchbot-robot-beheaded-philadelphia-feat/index.html
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This is why we can't have nice hitchhiking robots.
ok well phily is trashy
I know why the GRASP lab never tests outside in Philly now
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i dont think its necessary to be teaching kids about Robot Abuse tho lol
they're just kids they want to take apart things and that's normal
DID YOU JUST ASSUME THAT?! YOU FUCKING REPUBLICAN, ROBO LIVES MATTER
and they won't be surrounded by robots anyways
the turtle bot is probably the only robot they will be interacting with lol
I mean if a kid takes apart little animals that's a sign for a psychopath
I think the study was more meant for Asian countries
esp Korea and Japan
where robots are being deployed in the public way more
ah
Shelly the turtlebot is from Korea
the day when we have ppl holding signs saying "Robot Lives Matter"
I don't know whether to be sad or happy
i feel like robots having rights in the future are dumb
I feel like you're a biggot
just make robots that aren't sentient and can't suffer
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jk I have the sentiment
I think they should be on the same level of companionship as a pet
having a semblance of what ppl could perceive as sentience but nothing to the point where the robot would want to ask questions like what's its purpose is
that would be creepy
well animals have rights
you wake up one day, ask your alexa what's the time and she responds, "Why does time matter"
that's what you think
they're just food man
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wow
also random: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBkHHoOIIn8&list=PLn67-VRxpyVhmj6IrXipFmiTqMVaSdYcm&index=43
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I think it's more like this
i can't get this song out of my head, even tho i find the voice who sings it really annnoying
in a survival situation in which you are low on resources you let the animal die first
now if there was a robot there
you would let the robot die first, then the animal, and then yourself
ya
why did you add it to your playlist then lol
oh shiz, that's not that bad
oh lol did i send u the playlist
ye cuz its catchy
I also would like to live in a future where I could just let my robots run in the wild and not worry about scavengers taking its motors
even though that's totally what I would do
shit's expensive
jk jk, I have respect for ppl's creations
well
theres always gonna be scavengers
u just need to teach the robots RAD
but then it'll fall to the *Dark Side*
true
aight, so you're not going to be available for build shit right?
probably not until late night
but i can stay pretty late
aight party at my house
sounds good
I also have MathXL due tonight
so i need to bang that out first
fuk
so much for that catching on my work shit lol
lol shit
i have it due tomorrow
🐱
Badtimings
Thu, Mar 15th 2018, 1:48 pm
welp
btw let me know if they respond
we need to get these build events
yo Roy where u at?
Doing work
Also recovering from working out
lol
when are you planning on doing builds?
also Vivienne has the mousetrap here
Probs 5?
How's things going so far?
I can't lift my arms anymore
Thu, Mar 15th 2018, 5:00 pm
Where u at bruh
just finished an experimental design practice
K I'm at my house now
alright ready to grind
Justin
Skateboard
Turning
Woodshop
it
exists
lol wut
IT FUCKING EXISTS
I got no idea if it works or anything
but someone made one
it doesn't look like it's fully functional and stuff, esp since it didn't look like the wheels were actually motorized
I'm going to take a little nap
Only got 2 hours last night
I also just lost my libraries and code
So I'm also kinda miffed
ok
sorry I just finished doing my sci oly events
and I gotta do game on now with jason
Fri, Mar 16th 2018, 2:29 pm
roy
r u ok
Sat, Mar 17th 2018, 1:57 am
welp I hope ur feeling ok
at 6 can we stop by your basement
to pick up all the build stuff
Sat, Mar 17th 2018, 6:10 am
You called Foxy Roxy.
WashU in bumfuk nowhere was an L
I forget why I applied
Maybe it'll come back to me later?
But did you know that the English 20th century horror painter
Francis Bacon was GAY AS FUK?!
I just remembered that
Sat, Mar 17th 2018, 4:03 pm
I just woke up again
Did you give her clean genital hands yet?
lol
yes
she said yes
If she tries to kill you I'll get the katana
🐱
CONGRATS!
Now you're not a complete loser loner for prom
Now you can pull a harry
Have aiyadiah show up at school and intimidate ppl
lol
Does this mean you're going to her junior prom?
yup
Wowowow
When is that
And is there free food so that I may crash it
Jk jk
lol
Are you sure you can afford two proms?
Wait I forgot that you're six figs ez pz
Sun, Mar 18th 2018, 12:40 am
are you still awake
I know the future
People are thinking about what robots _should_ do
but they it's actually about what robots _could_ do
Sun, Mar 18th 2018, 2:34 pm
How was it
I also watched the second Steve Jobs movie
that was actually amazing
way better than the first one
right up there with the Social Network I think
i just woke up lol
and huh really?
which one is the 2nd steve jobs movie
the better one
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it doesn't try to encapsulate his whole life
but rather his growth as a person at each launch of some of his biggest projects
and his relationship with people
I thought it was actually quite amazing, the dialogue was so good
idk how factually accurate it was but it had a great message and lesson
but which one is the 2nd steve jobs movie lol
2015
it stars Michael Fassbender
oh i thought you already saw that
nah I saw the first jobs movie, which was meh
the ashton kutcher one?
yup yup
btw
I think by the time we graduate
robos should be at the point to be more affordable and useful in real world situations
that's the goal
not make cool robos
but make robos that are going to be revolution how we interact with technology
hmm wdym
isn't that what robots are usually for? i don't think most robots ppl create today are made simply for the purpose of "being cool" (at least not the ones that get funding)
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also apparnetly those Alex Turner songs are from the same movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2xDk4LwBl0
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what the fuck
it's a movie?!
and also those robots get funding but then never actually get used
Big Dog was funded by the military but then during field testing the Marines complained it was too loud and not really worth it
there just hasn't been a robot that can really work in the field unhindered or causing a con by its mere presence
(the movie also got a higher mediocre score of 7-8)
also for the build event thing
i was kinda hopign for more of a person who can logistically coordinate a bunch of different teams working on the build events
not someone who would work on all of the build events
at least those were my thoughts when creating the position
🐱
Boi
I feel that someone who is logistically coordinate a bunch of different teams is a bit redundant
I don't think there's a need for that
what would that person do? Just tell what each even team what to do?
no, they would do what regular officers do
except with build events
and ofc they would also be working on one or two of the build events
but basically keep every other build team on schedule
wait I didn't know that was your vision of the position originally
and probably handle all the parts ordering
bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
lol sorry, maybe I missed it, I had no idea that's what you thought how this position was supposed to operate
Sci Oly club Charter: Primarily manages the logistics for build events in the states meet, including cataloging necessary materials, overseeing construction etc. Creating and leading build event teams and ensuring teams are on track Decision power on who, from the build event team, will be on the State's Team Helps Event Officers manage build events at regional meets
where did this exist?
also yeh I can see how this would work
correct me if I'm wrong
but didn't we have a thing were ppl said what build events they would be interested in?
Did we just never follow through with that?
along with the whole everyone has to work on a build event if they wanna go to states, which I think shouldn't be true anymore
we scrapped the build event requirement
but we had the poll there so you could know who would be interested in which build event
probably in the future tho it would be better to have asmaller like 1 -3 person group on each build event
can we do a call? my fingers/wrist/forearm is killing me for some reason
welp im not at home rn
family event right?
ya
im just taking a break in the corner
but the room has to be quite
*quiet
ahh
I suppose we can discuss later
lol
I'm sorry dude I just completely dropped the ball on this one
are you mad? I understand if you are
nah im not lol
when you're chewing out your employees in the future I'll take solace in this moment
i think maybe it wasn't the best position for you tho
and we just need to rethink our approach to build events
the best position should've been CFO
I think it was also just the structure and how build events are treated overall
not to mention it seemed like ppl "had" (when they didn't) to come to my basement to work
it would be much better if the stuff wasn't stored there but rather ppl could work on the build events anytime they wanted
having go to someone's house is a pretty bad restriction
it only works in botball since that happens over breaks, but sci oly happens all over the school year
I think part of the reason why I fuced up so badly too was just that I didn't really form a solid team or anything
I just kinda said if you wanna help just come but then either no one comes or too many ppl comes
ya i agree
idk where we could store materials tho
the 1-3 ppl who are tackling a single build event can just store their stuff AND only their stuff at their houses I suppose
that way it's not a centralized place and they can work on it anytime they want and even shift storing places as need be
I wonder who could've done this position better
this year I just really fell out of it (is that how Paul felt lol)
I don't think I'm dedicated to this whole thing as I am to other projects, which is probably just all internal
probably should've said something at the end of last year to have avoided this fiasco
oh man I think that's a huge personal flaw I need to work on, I kinda die whenever I'm not interested in something, be it shopping for clothes or working on a spanish project
maybe that's why I told Josh that all his projects suck balls and that I want to work on something more interesting every single time
I usually got around this by psyching myself out or working with ppl who I enjoy the company of
but when it's just myself and something I hate to do that gives no real direct plus to me it all just kinda falls apart
perhaps I should've gotten more into the mindset of "it's for the team" but that's hollow when you're just working by yourself
my head is so dizzy for being knocked out so long
I still can't remember what was a dream and what I actually did anymore
btw have you listened to ELO?
I'm addicted to their songs rn
only mr.blue sky
what other songs are good?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDhJU_cNCZE&index=2&list=RDs98UgBSNoL4
every ELO song in this playlist
I'll let you know about any robot breakthroughs or ideas in the future in case we still wanna do a startup
like this:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/robot-research-in-the-wild-water-transport-in-rural-india
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What can we learn from bringing practical robotics to people who have never seen a robot before?
I wonder if governments would employ robots that would/could benefit their whole society
oh wait the government and military are the "dark side"
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fuking hippie ass shit
I think the general public is more scared of robots and AI than they are looking forward to them
Sun, Mar 18th 2018, 9:46 pm
hmm
i don't think so, i feel like most ppl are excited, but they also see the potential for people to use them for negative purposes
I mean the lower class in general don't like the idea of being replaced by robots
And the media from movies to news are also painting tech in more negative lights
I predict that the overall opinion of tech will continue to decline
Mon, Mar 19th 2018, 11:14 am
Also if you look at BD's insta all of the comments on the post are 70% ppl actually concerned about the "dark" applications of their robots
Just finished all this catch up work
Mon, Mar 19th 2018, 1:54 pm
nice
well ya I guess but also keep in mind the ppl who are concerned will be a lot more likely to comment than those who arent
if I see a BD insta post I'll be like "cool, new robots" but I'm not gonna comment that
I would argue that the vocal minority is able to push a lot more than the silent majority though
that's true but in terms of the future market there are probably more ppl willing to adopt the technology than it may seem
from Instagram comments
my toilet is too comfortable
I need to break free from this comfort trap
you know I saw more than just instagram comments lol
I didn't form this consensus from just social media posts bruh
what do you think I am?
A LiBeRaL HiPPi3?
🐱
Where u at
coming
but I have fucking trackkkkk
at 4
Mon, Mar 19th 2018, 11:04 pm
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zBUl_khrC5NKf4_-l8YJZx3A_h6wuzx-KB99m9Y2-UY/edit?usp=sharing
Tue, Mar 20th 2018, 7:25 am
rip I fell asleep by accident
then I realized Vara has all the data that we collected
Damn bruh
🐱
welp
Tue, Mar 20th 2018, 10:22 am
btw i think u meant to say "outliers" on 3.c
on ur lab
instead of "outlines"
Mahoney shut down online gym :'(
Bruh
Thx thx on the lab btw
ye
apparently it's only for ppl who physically cann9t take gym or pe
Bruh
Wow
That uh
Welp you always wanted to lose a limb right
Tue, Mar 20th 2018, 4:49 pm
DUUUDEEE
ASHLEY SAYS SHE KNOWS PPL WGO DO THAT
ew
what
thats disgusting
Ashley's wierd
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lol
she's just being nice
Ashley doens't wanna hurt your feelings
unlike me :)
🐱
That's why you're my bro
🐱
🐱
Lol so much for AI time at da bois house
Are you actually going to follow that framework schedule or
i think so. I'm planning on doing some AI work when I get home
shit i have like 3 meetings
but before and after that
You also was able to hang out with friends today
So I think you should count today as accomplished
true
lol when you say it like that it sounds so sad
its like i'm keeping a log book of each day i've hung out with friends
and putting a little check mark each time
You could start doing that
i just meant I wanted to focus less on work and more with interacting with ppl
im not a loser
i promise :'(
Lmaooo
Jeezus
What's tomorrow? Just E club?
yaya
Tears you left me on read
lmaoo
Fuck you responded lol
lol ya too slow
Fuk, you responded
vara's got the practice
I'm not fast enough like vara
he just snipes
Master at his craft
Whoa we're almost at 50k messaged
That's quite a lot
woah how do u check?
That's more than I earn in a year
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It's under your name
Idk if this is a feature
oh i think thats iPhone only
Ahh ic ic
Yeh hot damn
That's more money than BD makes profit wise
TEARS I LEFT YOU ON READ
Aw shit I fucked that up
lmao
Not skilled enough
lol BD profit?
i don't think u can have negative messages
🐱
Shit man
I swear to god
If bezos buys BD
Agility robotics will have to be the final pillar of wholesome robotics ventures
I really wonder how they're planning to grow, esp from Oregon
well Bezos might actually turn BD into a useful company
but their robots would probaly be less cool
ITLL BE BORINGGG
yeh exactly
Not worth
ya
Elon Musk should buy BD :) at least he has a sense of humor
he'll make Spot Minis with flamethrowers
Holy shit
That's not a bad idea
K I L L E R R O B O T S
"Dark side"
Now do you see what I meant with the general public and media not being ok with robots lol
ya
its kinda funny
maybe the solution is for BD to actually video tape their test runs
They do have blooper vids
But those only show during conferences, they never post them
If I become a robo hippie activist in the future, please slap some sense into me
you'll probably be campaigining for robot rights
robot marriage
We'll both probably be more annoyed by the ppl who let robots get feelings and emotional first
true
wait we don't even need graphs on this lab?
Yup
No percent errors too
sicc
how do u show the formulas on the spreadsheet?
when you print
tears left on read :'(
AND AGAIN
STOP LEAVING ME ON READ
Welp at least ur consistent with ur level of shittiness
least you could do is apologize
(see you think i went to far with this meme but these are direct quotes of what Vara just sent me a few min ago lol)
Holy shit
That's intense
And to show the formulas
You do
CTRL + '
' should share the same key as ~
thankss
No problemo
Tue, Mar 20th 2018, 11:20 pm
shit i just finished meetings now
and about to start English hw
planning on starting AI at 2
:'(
Wed, Mar 21st 2018, 5:08 am
Bruhhh
don't overexert yourself
btw did you finish el labo?
Wed, Mar 21st 2018, 8:50 am
ya
well i have to do a final check
I just passed it in
You at botball?
just got a pass
🐱
LOL
I just heard vara call your name on the third floor
🐱
Thu, Mar 22nd 2018, 7:22 am
Shittt I'm really behind on work
Not sure if I can afford a D block
no problemo
i'll probably be down there during D block
Thu, Mar 22nd 2018, 6:23 pm
you ok?
did you die again
Thu, Mar 22nd 2018, 10:25 pm
I'M FUCKING HYPED
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/agility-robotics-raises-8-million-for-commercial-bipedal-robots
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Playground Global leads a sizeable round with the goal of turning walking robots into useful tools
I'm also just having a hard time in general
it's not like I have an intense amount of work or anything, it's more like I lost my sense of time
I can just fall asleep at any point
but it's so hard to wake up
I don't get headaches if I oversleep anymore, but rather a more intense lethargic tilt to continue sleeping
hmmm
I'm worried it might be an actual health thing.
have you gone to the doctors?
or do u think it's more psychological
lmao gud more, doctors
fuck
I meant one
not more
lol
idk what it is
getting muscles doe from E block workout with Sam doe
I'm ok with that
I just woke up around an hour ago
slept from 3 pm to now
and I'm still sleepy
yesterday I slept from 7 to 7
Agility Robotics even posted a new video and they got 8 mil
but instead of being happy
I just kinda took a nap
hmm
are u napping cuz u actually feel tired
or because you can't bear to feel the cold, harrowing burden of consciousness
I worked out with Sam at the end of school, took a shower, feeling rather energetic, got home, put my stuff down, put my head down at my desk and then woke up groggy with several hours already passing
shit
dude I feel like you need to see a doctor I'm serious
I'm also having a hard time getting myself to buy parts lol. I'll just look at all the tabs of everything and just think is this even worth it
if this has happened for weeks
that's a new progression
no wait, this could be a great period of internal artistic development, just gotta channel it
well I suppose it's hard to channel things if you're sleeping
ya i was bout to say lol
do you think there is a psychological cause to it? it doesn't seem like you're purposely trying to sleep
have you been feeling ok emotionally lately?
lay it all out
I don't think there's anything that should technically make me feel emotionally bad
no terrible schoolwork or results
no drama or anything
OSU even sent me more emails about money opportunities from the honors college so it's not financial
I'm not stressed or worried about schools anymore, but maybe that's a result of this whole sloth thing
or am I worried about schools?
idk anymore
the most I've been doing is keeping up with the robo news, but that's more of an ingrained habit
hmm
did u have any expectations going in about how your last semester of school would go
no lol
the expectations I ever think I had are about making robos and what I expect testing should result in
I don't really have an image of an ideal or expected life stuff
ok the ideal part is a lie I think
wdym"
when I thought about your question about expectations
I realized I really didn't have any
maybe I lost them
maybe I forgot them
but all I know is that I don't have any rn
hmm
but did you have any beforehand?
idk, I don't have a current project going on, besides botball I haven't been making anything really this past month
usually when i have an overcast kinda mellow feeling, its cuz i'm either burned out or the bigger direction of my life is not the way i was imagining it to be
I did apply to some jobs and stuff, but that felt more like copying and pasting my resume mindlessly over and over again
but in the past you must have had months where you weren't working on any major projects right?
I don't recall any times like that
back before I had a smart phone
I would even just program on the toilet lol
I used to take every little time I had awake that I wasn't doing any academics, just doing robo stuff or other stuff I wanted to do, reading papers, researching new advancements
now it's a kinda hollow
I'll look at code but I won't try to test it or replicate it
I'll read blurbs on new tech, but I won't delve deeper
I'll think about possible new robo projects but they all just kind of drift away later in my mind
do you think its bc you don't have a very certain strucutre in the near future?
i know Ashley felt kinda hollow during her gap year cuz she suddenly lost high school as a structure in her life and she didn't k exactly what she wanted to do
maybe in the past few years you've been motivated to do things partly by you imagining what you want to do in the future both in terms of personal projects and post-high school activities
but now that its actually come to almost that time, it doesn't feel like what you expected in the past?
i'm just spitballing
I didn't really expect anything in the past though lol
it's not like I expected to work at BD or Agility after finding out about their founding
it's more like I knew I wanted to create better and better robots or other creations
maybe it's cuz I have the time to start something
but I'm hesitating so much to actually create
that I'm just falling back into an inconclusive state
maybe I'm just hesitant to drop more money to get parts
is it the fear of wasting that money? idk
I didn't have that much problems with dropping my internship money on the current parts I have rn
maybe I need more purpose in what I want to create
an e-board's purpose would just be niffy and convenient (hopefully) transportation
but maybe it's purpose should be something else, or something else in addition to those previous points
maybe it should just be fun to ride (although I'm not a skater so idk how fun it is to ride even a regular one)
you know what
I'll just buy the parts tonight
fuck the hesitation
are u sure?
hmm do you think its cuz you've been trying to make better and better creations, but there's always a plateau of what you can do in ur basement?
like for example your legged robot. i feel like even tho that's the logical next step for a cool project for you to work on, it would be practically impossible to do it with the resources you have rn
it's not practically impossible, it is impossible lol
can't make a dynamic walker with the torque to weight ratio of hobby servos
best you can do is a clunky weight shifting walker that uses different principles
that's a good take on it though
perhaps that's the case
I don't know honestly
im really worried for you man
do you wanna hang out after Sci Oly tomorrow?
or if u want some alone time or some time working on ur projects that's fine too
lmk what i can do
I have RWDC after sci oly tomorrow lol
but yeh thanks for the offer
I really appreciate it
maybe the isolation that I've always been used to is actually somehow starting to affect me
pshh, impossible
what's that i hear?
u want to spend more time with friends?
loser
🐱
🐱
actually there is one expectation, or maybe perhaps more of a goal or dream
but to be able to create robots like those of Marc Raibert or Jonathon Hurst
like no offense to other professors or robo researchers
but these guys just ran their own little labs and pumped out some of the craziest shit
especially Hurst, since he disappeared to Oregon, which was practically unheard of producing anything groundbreaking in the field
and just pumped out ATRIAS and then Cassie in several years
maybe I'm expecting too much rn of what I can or want to create
I know hurst tried to also make a walker servo robot when he was a little bit older than me in his time at CMU
and it just failed, that project basically taught him that robot making is hard
but I think my attempt really more taught me is that I don't have what it takes
but maybe that was the wrong thing to take away from it all
probably didn't help with all the rejections and waitlists at the time lol
basically saying I don't have the academic rigor or I'm too boring as a person or something to be able to "do well" at their institutes, I know ppl say it's not a reflection of blah blah blah, but if we're real and real down to earth, those two things are essentially what it is, you're not "fit" or "right" for here rn, try somewhere else
hmm
well definitely i dont think that message is the right one to take away
the thing you should have learned is your poor and don't have money to buy the parts that would allow u to create a legged robot lol
not about your own ability
bc the fact you are even attempting robots like these as a high schooler is already incredible
and its even better than Hurst or Raibert
idk, technically speaking, I had more resources than they did at my age due to all the advancement in hobbyist electronics and mechatronics
well I suppose that's not exactly true, who knows what they had at their disposal
lol, MassRobotics also told me about another robotics conference where the CEO of Agility Robotics is speaking at
but it cost 650 for attendance
where is it located? you might be able to sneak in depending on the venue lol
The Westin Boston Waterfront 425 Summer Street Boston, MA 02210
though idk if it's ethical to sneak in knowing that MassRobotics is partnered to make it
if Joyce sees me she's going to really question how the fuck I got in lol
once you know the ppl then it gets awkward
what should I have taken away from that failure of a project then?
lol true
I know technical wise what I learned from it
but not sure about what else
maybe that you can't make a legged robot on your own in the basement
even if you're mark raibert or jonathan hurst
bc its not about you being qualified or not, the task itself is just not possible for one person
especially not a high schooler with limited resources
you're expecting too much of yourself when what you've already accomplished is extraordinarily remarkable
there's a Japanese dude who made a couple quadruped robots by himself lol, though he did have access to those juicy (and horribly expensive) japanese servos and electronics
and how old is he?
he probably has industry experience, or at least college experience
doesn't say on his blog, but he does have a job, most likely mid to late 20s to maybe 30s
ok I see your point now lol
but how does one measure "remarkable"
you will be making legged robots before yoru late 20s
probably before u turn 20
it's easy to do when you're making stuff that's the cutting edge since then you can just say, "this has never been done before"
well its a qualitative measure, but just simply the fact that high schoolers don't make legged robots in their basements
in fact most high schoolers are fucking around and eating tide pods
but the fact that you've attempted and made part of a legged robot is what makes you remarkable
maybe it's just relative, I don't compare myself to high schoolers eating tide pods, I compare myself to the Raiberts and Hursts of the field
which I know makes it seem that I will never be able to compare or makes everything I do very small
but maybe it's a more stubborn pride or something idk lol, but I continue to want to compare myself to the top guys since I want to be able to stand among them and surpass them in the future
it's not about putting myself down, but rather putting myself in the perspective of the best
the best of the best
ya man when you said you weren't good enough at robotics, but then u said u clarified saying u weren't good enoguh to compete with Jonathan Hurst i did a double take
honestly that's a good attitude to have, i don't think u should stop comparing urself to those ppl
you just have to keep in mind the context
it's probably a left over from the artsy shiz, Renior always compared and tried to emulate the work of past masters when he was younger. Spending his time in the Louvre, trying to recreate old paintings by himself
whats Renior
you artsy cuck
LOL
he was the guy who started the Impressionism period and movement of art alongside Claude Monet
they were close buddies
who dafuq is Claude monet
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_29.100.113.jpg
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You must know of this painting right
lol wut
its a bridge
"Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies"
by Claude Monet
ew what a boring name
AI can draw better than that
oh shit I just outted myself as an art history guy
lmao its ok i already knew
and you make fun of me for writing books. ur just gonna be staring at paint
I know I shit on Steve Jobs a lot, but he got one thing right all the time and I think it's part of his success
looking at computers as paintings than just machines
and I think robots need to go along a similar path, but not exactly the same thing
lol if we end up as writers and painters in the future that'll be funny
maybe there's another universe where we're making fun of each other wanting to go into CS or Robotics
🐱
lmao
i think i showed u this before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZdiXvDU4P0
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Gente, dejo esta canción, una de mis tantas favoritas :) Lyrics: Slow down, you crazy child. You're so ambitious for a juvenile. But then if you're so smart,...
u said the lyrics applied to me but i think they apply more to you rn
haha oh man
perhaps
Slow down, you crazy child. You're so ambitious for a juvenile. But then if you're so smart, tell me why are you still so afraid? Where's the fire? What's the hurry about? You better cool it off before you burn it out. You got so much to do and only so many hours in a day.
we're probably going to live by this song at this rate
ya. well its now one of my all time favorite songs
its soo good
maybe it's cuz of the lyrics and the overall tone of the song
Slow down, you're doing fine. You can't be everything you wanna be before your time, Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight, tonight.
it may feel like a dream if you could build a legged robot tonight, but everything takes time, especially a huge ass 6 foot hunk of no applications
you're doing fine, trust me. you're doing more than fine
you're on the borderline
just think about all the resource you'll have in college
and the expertise, and the ppl, one of those being Hurst himself (if u go to OSU)
yeh you're right
haha, you once claimed that you're not good at cheering ppl up or comforting them
but that's quite the opposite I think
thanks Justin, this really meant a lot
no problem, that's why i'm here man
now get some rest old man, its 12:00
we're basically the same age
and I still have a math packet to do lol
and parts to order
oh lmao
u feeling better tho?
yeh
ok then my job is done. i'm gonna go to sleep and wake up early
or i could start AI now
I should stop thinking about everything I create having to have a greater purpose or being another step to creating the next big thing. I forgot why I started to make things in the first place, it's just fun, it doesn't always have to be amazing, it's alright to just make something fun and learn all you can along the way
instead of picking one other the other, just do both
ya exactly
that's what sets you apart from a lot of ppl, one of your biggest motivators is that you genuinely enjoy every moment of the creation process which is really unique
i think a lot of ppl create things in order to accomplish some larger goal, but are not necessarily happy doing it. i think u can do both
haha thanks man, but I think a similar thing applies to you. Very few people actually, on a very raw level, enjoy learning new things but you do && you have larger goals alongside and parallel to that
also, did you get 6-8 hours of sleep last night? If not then you probably don't want to do AI. All it takes is one good night's sleep to get reset and healthy again. It's probably for the best (and best for your body) to get that good night's sleep if possible
hmmmm. i did promise myself to sleep more
ok i'm gonna go sleep now and wake up early
i don't have a lotta hw so i might come in during A block and work on Chad
have fun with math packetting and parts
lol thanks thanks
Good night!!
gnight :)
Fri, Mar 23rd 2018, 8:33 am
Wanna work on Chad B block?
I actually forgot I need to finish a mathxl
Aight
did u see my update in the discord?
I need to finish that math packet lol
lol
Mkkkkk
Got time after school?
nah got track noe
Ewwww
Aight I have an idea for deepening chads claw
ok
r u gonna be at botball during B blocl?
I can come down second half of the block
I wasn't able to get a pass
and I got manoogs rn
she's killin' meh
lol
ptsd
I'm going to go down to get a pass for Gym
I'll do maintenance and beef up Chad's claw after school today
sounds good
pressing SPOT and DOCK is supposed to reset the create, but it seems to be a preprogrammed command so I'm not sure if it's meant for the create as a dev platform or if it's a leftover from the roomba
a complete reset would probably be like disconnecting the battery, since it's directly connected to the PCB
there are commands, like opcode 7 we could send to it if we want to actually reset the create like it's battery was disconnected
http://www.irobotweb.com/~/media/MainSite/PDFs/About/STEM/Create/iRobot_Roomba_600_Open_Interface_Spec.pdf
but idk if we wanna continue messing with all the low level stuff without knowing too well what could happen
I think by turning the create back to create_safe all the original parameters and settings are re-initiated, including that of power n' stuff
otherwise I'm pretty sure if we reset while in create_full, where all those safety stuff is turned off, we end up messing up all that stuff
so I suppose the lesson learned is always set back to create_safe if we're going to mess with the create directly
I'mma post this in the discord in case we wanna refer back to this stuff
hm i tried turnign to create_safe last time and it didn't fix the problem
ay lmao
wtf
yeh I'm not sure then
did you do create_safe -> attempt restart -> things fucked up -> charge chad -> things worked?
no it wasn't in safe when we restarted
i've tried restarting in safe mode tho and it didn't change
i started working like the third time I tried charging chad lol
idk i really don't k what actually fixed the problem
Ay lmao
Low level problems are always the hardest to diagnose
Agility robotics also seemed to be able to get more funding money than BD and Schaft
It seems like Playground believes in Agility's tech a lot more than BD or Schaft
Passive dynamics ftw I suppose
I wonder how that works
Funding rounds
Do you just pitch shit as hard as you can and get money?
Also btw agility did just officially claim one of their main objectives to make profitable robots
maybe its cuz Agility doesn't have a history of not having applciations
yet
To make legged robots that deliver packages
Jeezus
that's good
Their main application goals rn are package delivery and military reconnaissance
well ya tho not even meming, BD makes really cool products but none of them have been marketable
when I was talking to my dad about BD, he says that ppl in his company regard BD as a youtube video company as a joke
bc the main thing that has come out of BD to impact the world has been their youtube videos thus far
yeh that's true, Agility sold a product before BD did and Agility's like 15+ years younger
I'm pretty sure all of BD's money is coming from their parent company Softbank now, which has a lot of money to spend on R&D it seems like after all their japanese money makin' history
not sure why BD didn't try to launch a research and dev platform like Agility did though
maybe they're afraid their tech would be spread around
ya
idk what BD's company goals are
They wanna make dinosaurs
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One thing I don't understand though
BD seems to have seasoned engineers and the very foundation that legged locomotion was built from cuz of raiberts past history and research
So they already have a strong team as seem with their products
Agility does have hurst but he's a lot younger than raibert and his team seems to be mainly comprised of Oregon kids
So does that mean Oregon kids are secret bosses or something
Like wtf
i don't think BD is not creating marketable products due to lack of skill
its proabably just the direction that BD wants to go in
they seem to be getting funding so they can be CROs as long as they keep making cool youtube vids
Agility is a startup so their not gonna be able to pull the same funding, and they probably set out from the start to create a marketable product
Everyone is a CRO at BD
🐱
Still though, don't you find it weird that agility came out of Oregon of all places?
I don't mean any offense and maybe it's due to a lack of previous knowledge of the area
But it seems really out of the blue that that's their home turf
Were they always growing and just so happened to be really under the radar?
idk, they probably just did it there bc Hurst got a job at osu
That's pretty insane if he was the catalyst and or driving force for all that
Bro
I found a free bar of soap
NOOOO
ITS BEEN USED
AND THE OTHER OHE IS GONE
lol wut
Fri, Mar 23rd 2018, 9:43 pm
yo roy
any movie recs
Steve Jobs 2015
must
if you're watching another movie rn
don't
lol
ok
Sat, Mar 24th 2018, 12:50 am
WAIT
JUSTIN YU
THERE WAS A PATENT?!
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🐱
Sat, Mar 24th 2018, 7:59 am
?
lol what
Sat, Mar 24th 2018, 2:03 pm
lol don't worry about it
bad memes
Wait
My jigsaw is missing
Like just straight up gone
What the heck
The last time it was used was when we cut mission possible right
How the fuck is this thing missing
It's not like a screwdriver it's as big as jenns dog
What was taken for sci oly?!
Lol that ?! Makes me sound mad
I'm more really concerned about where this thing is and hunting for clues than mad
Ppl took my jigsaw without asking???
Or am I just senile
Nvm I know where it is
Btw what did you think of of he movie
I didn't finish
but it was really good for the part I watched
ahhh
did you get to the part where he was part of NEXT?
ya
I got to the part where he was about to get on stage
oh man that leads to such a goood parttt
did you fall asleep or just had other stuff todo?
what did you think about the parts you already saw?
I fell asleep
I think it paints woz very positively and you really feel for him
I think Johanna has an inhuman amount of patience
I liked how they focused a lot on jobs and his dynamic with other ppl
rather than telling his whole life story
yeh it does paint Woz positively, but what piece of media and or story about Steve Jobs hasn't painted him positively? However, I do think that this movie painted Steve Jobs to be a lot more likeable and relatable than other sources by far, really exemplifying his admirable qualities and growth as a person
I haven't crosschecked this yet but I do recall a story about Johanna early on almost being fired by her boss in Apple but then blackmailed Jobs by stating that she is the one who has all the connections to the media and with one message she can turn his whole image around
but yeh in the movie she does manage really well lol
I really liked that too of the movie, it's really interesting to see how he interacted with others in the movie, especially the differences between Woz vs Andy, Scully vs Johanna
and his daughter vs his wife
I also loved how the movie showed Jobs' mistakes and failures and how he recovered and dealt with it
and showing a strange stubbornness from him
I haven't gotten to the end but I assume next fails but then he's reinvited to apple
I do think Woz was correct for making the Apple II more customization since the ppl buying computers at the time are more hobbyists rather than regular ppl, but Jobs keeps pushing end to end control for regular ppl, which as we see now has become the norm ever since computers permeated throughout society
even though, personally, I don't like end to end control
🐱
ya jobs definitely was thinking more long term
I'm gonna finish the movie tonight
btw we just made a cost estimate of about $1300 for the Europe trip
you should comeeeeee
hmm idk still
I still haven't landed a job anywhere
Sat, Mar 24th 2018, 7:06 pm
hmmm
what kind of jobs are u looking for?
Internships with money
but I assume in robotics?
like I could probably get you a job in data analysis
but idk if that's what u wanna be doin
Yeh robotics
I'll step into computer vision if need be but generally robotics lol
Dddddata analysis?.... idk how that sounds lol
And dayumn dude
All those connections you have
Its radial analytics
What the fuk is that
I'm not sure if the offer is still open, but someone gave me an offer late feb
another one is TA for Beaverworks
basically ROS and Autnomous racecar
But I wanna work on robots with effectorsssssssssssss
And Idk being a ta would lead to you learning a lot
It's alright, if I don't land one I'll just see if I can visit and live in hursts lab
Or live at MassRobotics
I'm not planning on getting a job
cuz I'll be in and out visiting family plus working on botball
and also i feel like I wanna do more my own exploration in AI
Yeh I wanna explore more robo
But I want more resources
And maybe be paid
Lol
lol
I'm a choosing begger
🐱
where have u applied thus far?
I forget
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I applied to a fellowship program for Raytheon and other bigger places like that
ok
wait do u mean cold email
or apply
That was apply
Other places were cold email
have u heard back?
Heard back from the organizer
Said they'll get back to me later
Now I'm doing rwdc again lol
damn u guys are really grindin
tell Jen I said hi
She said why
oh she doesn't k u videoed her lol
tell her Roy is being a creep and videoing you
🐱
Nah she knew lol
I'm sorry
lol oh
How you doing
You ok
Wait now I'm nervous loo
Lol
?
nervous bout what
Oh nvm
Did you finish the good jobs movie?
nope not home yet
family stuff got moved to today
so I'm probably free tomorrow, debating whether or not to go to mr. whs
You probably should
15 bucks
I'm broke though so idt I can go lol
idk is it worth?
what even goes on
holy shit that movie was so good
and ya i definitely think it humanizes Jobs a lot more
lo siento I'm still doing RWDC lol
yeh I love that movie
it was so good
we can analysis and discuss it later
lol ok
Mon, Mar 26th 2018, 8:32 am
apparently there are three chapters of psych HW due Wednesday
and I haven't started any
that's like at least 60 questions
fuc
all the fuck
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🐱
welp
don't come during D block
actually i need to study for an Econ test as well so
wait there was D block today?
oh
wait shit what day is today
what day is it today
I just soent all my money on more parts yesterday
oh wait
its day 2
BDCGF
*BCDGF
Doing RWDC until 1-2am for two days straight really messes with you
damn
you guys are really grinding
my ass has been grinded to a pulp
🐱
🐱
Can you get the back door real soon?
ya sure
I'm on the green now
i dont see u
oh do u mean the all theway back door
LOL
I'm in
lol ok
Mon, Mar 26th 2018, 10:55 am
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Every single post in this group is the same
It's all white girls saying they might come
They like hanging out with friends and netflix
They want to friend a roommate and or promote their social media
And they always post pictures of a selfie, a group photo, and one scenery
I never knew ppl could be so similar
lmao
u should do the exact same post style but with legged robot pics
I would be ostracized immediately
become the campus nerd before I even step on campus
it kind of concerns me that the people are so similar
u gotta show them who's boss
why is Hurst there
who's nerd boss
Hursts' lab is full of nerdy white bois lol
oh wait there were past korean internationals
huh
why are there so many korean internationals
huh
yeh I got nothing lol
is this like a stereotype thing
or is this just reality
even Texas wasn't this white
lol
actually, one common thing among all these people are that they are really into being outside
so I probably won't ever see them
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7% asian, not too bad
that's a lot of hispanics
they have so little black ppl they didn't even put a percentage
I don't think I've ever seen more hispanics than asians before
LOL that's pretty insane
that's also a lot of internationals
tho i think there are just less black ppl on the west coast in general
8% essentially
wow
ye
9.1% ethnicity unknown
wtf
did they count the robots or something
da heck is that supposed to mean
are those mixed ppl?
ya, or the ppl who fill out "prefer not to answer" on their apps
probably
oh wait then I think I fall under that category
they have close to 50/50 gender ratio
is that supposed to be impressive lol
I feel like every school has that
unless they're a smaller tech school like RPI
well some tech schools have been struggling a lot with the gender ratio
Let's be real doe
All the males will be inside being virgin engineers
So the social gender ratio is more 50/50
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🐱
true
Mon, Mar 26th 2018, 4:39 pm
Boiiiii
uhh mun shit
🐱
Did you just leave on read?!
SAD TEAR
ITS BEEN 2 seconds
Mon, Mar 26th 2018, 7:59 pm
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It's like the perfect size and shape
Already has griptape doe lol
Wasted 10 bucks
lol
I guess I should change my wardrobe
Become a sk8tr haxer
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🐱
Btw this stuff clocked in under 400
oh shit u already bought everything?
When I said I bought the parts and I'm broke
I REALLY meant it lol
oh well
we just bought the plane tickets
you owe me $569
🐱
Boi
That's more than the skateboard
hey ugh there's this realy cool robotics conference in Europe
If it's not at ETH Zurich, IIT, or Oxford there is no big robotics conference in Europe lol
I know my shit
welp
Unless it's from softbank but the office for their French side is not incredibly active
And the only robots they produced rn that are big are Romeo and Pepper
Man I wish there was something more useful and profitable that I could use my robotics trivia knowledge on
I've just been gathering information like this
I suppose I know the landscape of robotics rather well, perhaps that'll be useful
well you'll be prepped for opportunities
The only legged robotics companies are agility, BD, Schaft (but these guys are Japanese and even more secretive than BD), PAL, Minotaur
I think I also like legged shit since it's an amazing hardware and software problem
Unlike stuff like SLAM
I can't think of anything else that blends all of the fields of robotics and plus so well
Mon, Mar 26th 2018, 10:21 pm
arghhh i really wish u could come on this trip
it would be so fun
Tue, Mar 27th 2018, 7:32 am
Same
But I ain't got enough cash :'(
Perhaps we go on one in the future one day while we're still in our early 20s
ya
Tue, Mar 27th 2018, 11:20 am
You down for D block?
Wait do we have an open end or do we have a class D block lol
I think we need to check in still
Do you need a pass?
I forgot my laptop lol
lol
I'm coming down now but I need to redo a pass
🐱
Boi
I lost the other one lol
How did you do that...
It's barely been two hours lol
Tue, Mar 27th 2018, 10:08 pm
woah Ceramic Animals is actually really good
Wed, Mar 28th 2018, 4:47 am
Yeh dude
Psychedelic rock mannn
Wed, Mar 28th 2018, 8:53 am
You need a pass for D block?
ya that would be good
yo roy did u do #2 on the mathxl?
We don't have the same mathxl lol
Also he's gone D block
shit I meant web assign
Gonna have to get it in between blocks
Yeh I did
Do you know when second lunch ends lol
no idea, the midway of between 11:52 and 1:03
*midway pt
Thanksgiving
🐱
well actually it's the midpoint + 15 min
for when it ends
actually nvm I'm dumb
Wait wut lol
nothing
Wed, Mar 28th 2018, 3:25 pm
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1icj7dwGG5asHHQfswn6byNTODv8o4UTzN3_nQyvqRBM/edit?usp=sharing
oof, it's kinda thicc
dang that's long
I like it tho it really shows your passion
holy crap, you read it that fast?
ya
well I didn't read the descriptions of ur projects
cuz I can't really give feedback on those
lol thanks
so you're saying I can just send it as is?
(btw those descriptions are literally just ripped from my resume lol)
with some edits to shorten them
Do you think it matters when I send this email?
I think I might wanna send it at night, perhaps 7, in case I think of things to also mention
ya that's a good idra
maybe mention something about agility? and how ur really interested in what they're doing and you've been following their progress
he think of u as both lab and intern candidate
Oh tru tru, "I've heard that you've secured 8 mill recently, that's a lot of money, I know how to spend money"
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🐱
I'm sure most of their interns are run of the mill looking for a summer job type ppl
No way
so u def stand out as someone who specifically wants to do legged robots
How could ppl be working on legged locomotion who aren't into it themselves
I mean most college interns just go into a company that in general is in their field
it's not like I'm especially into microsatellite propulsion control systems
Oregon kids then must have one of the greatest ins for legged locomotion in the world
That's insane
but I did accion for experience
BD, Schaft, etc are not even connected to places besides secret corporate and military life
Aight I'll add that on, the stuff about agility and following their progress (maybe even say congrats on their recent funding)
ye
well actually maybe not the congrats part, that would sound like u just googled the most recent news about them today
Ok then I'll talk about being excited about their plans to give Cassie feet and arms and that I have some of my own ideas on it
That info only came from his talks and info from deep into his lab stuff
nice
you still at the scrimmage?
yup
I probably won't be done until like 6 :/
ouch....
that's a bone
holy crap
riding a skateboard is so much harder than I thought it would be
even more so now that it's made properly
I think
Wed, Mar 28th 2018, 8:44 pm
Do you have my drill?
nope
what drill?
Ben said that you have my drill lol
Why my tools misssssssinggggggggggggggggf
Sad days
lol
btw have u heard any news for ivys?
1/10
?
I used to bat 1/8
ah
This email to hurst is all I'm riding on rn lol
did u email Hurst?
ah
Actually I'm about to rewrite it
oh
why?
On the chance that he actually did see my resume and shit but just didn't mention it or didn't think it was impressive or just was doubting if I was committed enough
Folks wanted to get in on that and they think I shouldn't send so much lol
Though idk
Aw man we're at 50,047 messages and it had to reach it on such a lame and depressing note
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shit we shoudve counted down to 50000
nah I think it's fine if u send a good chunk
I would definitely keep the first part of ur email, but maybe shrink the project descriptions
he dwfinitly didn't look at your resume I think, professors are busy and the advice he gave u seemed very general
but he will of u give him a reason to and not have it be some admission officer saying "hey wanna reply to this fucker who emailed"
Oof folks got mad at me for wanting to send not just a thank you letter lol
I think they're reasoning is that they're afraid of me coming off too strong
Nvm just sent it anyway lol
Chopped it down a lot more
Tried to sound not as "here is what I've done" and more of "I want to learn more"
thats good
honestly i don't think you were coming off too strong
Yeh that's what I thought too, this worked for all the other industry ppl I've talked to
Idk why my folks thought I should be more conservative here
Maybe they were afraid if I screwed up with hurst then I really and ded lol
ya true
btw do u have any movie recs lol
i can't bring myself to do any work so i feel like watching a movie
Yeh sure
Blade runner
The og
Directors cut
I still think it's one of the best sci fi movies
ok
any others?
maybe a more light hearted one
LOL
Yeh
Birdman
Oh wait that one can also be pretty depressing since it's about a crazy guy trying to restart his failed career
How about Pulp Fiction
i feel thats one i want to see with friends
wait is that the one with Samuel L Jackson
Then there's A Beautiful Mind, it's about john Nash
Yeh pulp fiction is the one with Jackson, he's amazing in it
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This YouTube mix is amazingly good
Dang, those algorithms really are doing well
oh i got a preetty good mix from ceramic animal as well
They generate the best mixes lol
Thu, Mar 29th 2018, 9:11 am
Where you at lol
need to make up a latin quiz
You were marked absent I think
welp
Maybe you can get it excused
nah scew that
3rd quarters almost over I gotta max out those absenses
🐱
What movie did you end up watching
I didn't I just fell asleep lol
Niceeeeee
That's good
Gotta value that kind of stuff
ew
that's disgusting
🐱
Don't get dementia bruh
Thu, Mar 29th 2018, 12:47 pm
btw
I won't be able to come to botball A block cuz I need to go comfort Vara
I have physics a block lol
Wait is he alright?
What happened?
oh right
nah he just got hit pretty hard by college
Didn't get what he wanted?
5 reject/waitlists
Holy crap
He applied to 5?! Ivies
Thu, Mar 29th 2018, 3:51 pm
ye
Thu, Mar 29th 2018, 5:52 pm
So many ppl are depressed lol
ya....
Lmaooo
Waitlist at
WPI
🐱
🐱
It's almost official
dude u were meant for the hurst
I've been denied at literally every single engineering school
LOL
He hasn't gotten back to my email
they probably got scared away
Rejected from Berkeley
Lmaoooo
3 schools left
Thu, Mar 29th 2018, 9:11 pm
Oh man Val and I got chucked so hard by vara lol
? wdym
I'll tell you the whole story another time since I'm tired from working on RWDC from 3 to now
But it's pretty funny
lol ok
was it something he did cuz of college decisions
Yeh it's partly about how Val and I both got rejected from Duke and Berkeley
🐱
ok lol
Vara is Vara
which ones you still waiting for?
Cmu umich and weedtown
good luck ma boi
which one would be ur top in those three?
CMU?
🐱
Not getting in
nah I think u have a shot
well I mean realistically tho do you want to?
OSU seems to be more and more perfect for u every day
What makes you say that besides the fact that it's the only place I'm in lol
Their honors college ACT scores reaches up to 28-31
ok tru
but the opportunities seem like they're kinda exclusive to a place like OSU
and you're basically garunteed to be the big man on campus, you'll stand out so much
what would be the ideal school u get into?
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sorry lol badly timed meme
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Geezus
Lol
I don't think anyone should ever go into a place with the idea that they will be the big man on campus
well true but objectively speaking your skills dwfinitly make u stick out a lot
whether u wanna flex ur big triceps everywhere is up to u but at least going in u can be sure you are in a position to stand out
It's just a bit disheartening to think that sooooo many engineering schools of various types and kinds
All told me
No I don't belong there or I'm just not good enough to not get waitlisted
Does every institute except Oregon think I would be a shit engineer lol
1. I think they're stupid 2. Steve Jobs went to Reed College 3. I think your skills may have been hard to be fully expressed in an application cuz a lot of it is just basement projects. they don't know u well enough to make a judgment on how u will do as an engineer.
ppl like me who are around u all the time and constantly amazed by u all the time, I know for certain you will be one of the most brilliant engineers out there, even if you yourself don't think so, I am 100% certain. and u know I never lie to make ppl feel better. ask anyone around u and they will say the same
I think the application itself is flawed
and I think u will do well anywhere, regardless if it's CMU OSU or a barn in bumfuck Oregon
I feel like u can take a lot of things from the college app experience but the one thing I don't want you to do is take personal responsibility for the rejections. it's honestly not u it's colleges being dumb while looking at a flawed application in a flawed process that puts ppl who can take tests well above ppl who are already gearing up to change the world
https://youtu.be/d82zxqZHUo8
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This song belongs to The Arctic Monkeys and Domino Records This is the 6th song of the album (Favourite Worst Nightmare) Enjoy !
https://youtu.be/cUNmEBOHxz8
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I like how we have songs now that fit each other in our different moods and states
here's some quality Alex Turner to be there in melancholy times
ye
And really thanks man, it may be physically impossible to express my gratitude
But I'll try my best to let you know I really treasure those words
Aight maybe I'll try to learn how to ride this longboard again
:) don't mention it, it's easy to speak the truth
eyy that's the spirit
I still just really wish other ppl got into places that they wanted
Like it was disheartening to see Val getting rejected from Duke and Sam talking gloomily about he actually might not be able to afford UMich anymore
Was college decisions always this depressing lol
I think so :/
How have you been feeling though?
I feel like lately I've been the Debbie downer taking the attention but I want to make sure if you're doing alright too
I'm fine lol
don't worry about me at all
I think I'm just excited for college decision season to be over so all of us can just hang out and enjoy senior yr
Tru tru
Some ppl are already done with decisions I think
ya i think so
like Chris Ethan and Jen
Chris yang???
I think so
Awww
well he was deciding b/w UMASS and northeastern but I think he said he's probably deciding northeastern
Ah ic ic
Maybe I'm not in the place to say, but I still think our friends deserved more choices than the ones that this season dealted out
Perhaps I'm also biased but idk
This whole process seems strangely flawed but it's hard to nail down exactly what it is AND come up with a viable solution
ya I feel
It's also just a bit sad to know that colleges didn't actually look at my video or maybe even if they did they didn't like it or think it was "good enough"
That's the problem with technical projects I think, at some point the general public won't be able to understand what's so impressive or good about it
First impressions is way more powerful than we think usually
ya unfortunately
And to answer your question of where/what I think is the perfect institute
I don't there is one and there will never be one
The moment that we have one then we will longer have such awkward education disparities and problems
Because it'll be able to wholly address anyone who wants to seek out more knowledge and education
Kind of like how the old institutes from thousands of years ago were places for intellectuals from every field to just hang out and explore, allowing anyone to take a try. But even then that was romanticized
ya
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/festo-bionic-learning-network-rolling-spider-flying-fox
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The latest in weird and potentially useful robots from German automation giant Festo
Btw there is a company like BD that exists and just makes cool shit
And they're still going strong
But festo does actually use the tech and lessons learned from their cool projects for other products...
So I guess it's kinda not like BD lol
Shiz
how do they get money tho lol
Idk actually
I'll need to do more research on them
They made the kangaroo robot I'm pretty sure
And this is actually a prime example of different groups of ppl tackling similar problems
I know caltech was making a bat robot too (and had an operational one too I think), but it seems like Festo already made a more efficient and presentable one
I've been attempting to ride this skateboard wrong this whole time lol
Just got rejected from umich, but who the fuck cares when I'm getting better on this longboard
Fri, Mar 30th 2018, 5:42 am
niceee
where are u even practicing?
Fri, Mar 30th 2018, 8:56 am
The street
I'll just come up to physics after C block
ok
Fri, Mar 30th 2018, 4:52 pm
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hows anime con
yo roy when do u guys come back?
2 am
There's so many wrens
Weebs
lol i wonder why
It's insane
It's really different from robo conferences
Fri, Mar 30th 2018, 7:52 pm
YOOOO CONGRATSSSS
Fri, Mar 30th 2018, 11:28 pm
I got rejected lmaooo
Shit
Sorry I heard that you got in
Um let me go correct them
from who? lol
Sam
lol Saarah sent a Snapchat of me getting rejected lol
but he probably only read the caption
Yeah I did
I couldn't hear what it actually said
But it said "Stanford!" And you seemed reasonably normal in the vid so I just assumed
Gomennasorry Justin
-Sam
lol it's all good
Sat, Mar 31st 2018, 8:46 am
Lmao how was Anime con?
Sat, Mar 31st 2018, 11:36 am
it was actually pretty fun
it's was interesting to see ppl you would normally see as awkward or weird just be able to enjoy themselves with no fear of judgement and everyone around them being supportive
I'm also officially bat 1/15
nicee
are you still there?
nope
taking a dump at home
lol ok
the college decision thing came full circle
opened my first L on the toilet
opened my last L on the toilet
well u still have one more right?
Hurst still hasn't responded though T_T that's what's really killing me
nah it's all waitlists now
oh I thought u applied to cmu
and the only one I would go over instead of OSU would be Buzz
I opened my first CMU L on the toilet I opened my last CMU L on the toilet
it's actually the same letter lol
ah
I wanted to visit and see the CoRIS institute
but idk if that'll be awkward if I don't get a confirmation lol
guess I'll go through administration again
that always seems to worok
hmm i know super busy professors usually have assistants
and secretaries
who make all their appointments and remind them to reply to things
TIME TO EMAIL BARN MAN
lol
jk, probs going to email Honors College person who runs the thing
"Georgia Tech does not use a ranking system to make offers from the waitlist. We will offer admission to students from the waitlist in an effort to shape our class to meet institutional needs and priorities."
ouch
institutional needs and priorities = black ppl
thanks for reminding me
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sorry
LOL
It was a memmeee
No worries duuudeee
Dude buzz doesn't have hurst and agility
Don't feel badddd I meant that as a joke
Though it was pretty edgy, that was my bad
You think I don't get your humor lol
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Wtf some Indian dude wants my code for my custom turtlebot
And when I sure and asked why
He said for his university project
Bruh
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There's a skater here
Sure you can ask me for physics questions lol
I'll have to take a look at that video a bit later seems interesting though
Sat, Mar 31st 2018, 6:33 pm
holy shit there are 3 individual smash tournaments at CPW lol
Cpw?
And that makes sense I suppose there's a lot of different smash games
theres also an event titled "Sprocle and Chill"
lmao
*Sporcle
What is CPW
Campus Preview Weekend
for MIT
Ahh
Da fuk is a sport le
Sporcle
lol its an online trivia game website
"Trivia! Battles! Kyrgyzstan! Come prove you can spell better than Hahvard, you know you want to! "
its the one Mr. B loves
Lol alright
That subtle Harvard lab
Jab
lol ya theres a lot of nerdy stuff going on
Msg me when the party is insane
Also did ya meet anyone cool yet?
oh its not this weekened its April 12th - 15th
they just released the schedule today
in the most nerdiest way too
How did they do it?
ok so the schedule was suppose to come out next week
but then today one of the admissions officers posted in the fb group that he's gonna leak it a week early
hold on lemme just send u the post
so there was a poll asking students if they want the schedule early, ofc ppl said yes
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we had over 300 dog pics in like 20 min
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and then when he released the schedule, the entire thing was encrypted with a Vigenere cipher lol
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oh and all the dates are starting from the day MIT was founded
so we all made a group chat and had to decode the schedule ourselves
and it was really fun
tho 630 ppl working on deciphering a document, very chaotic
Geezus
630 ppl in a chat?
Can fb handle that?
well not all of them were helping
nah it was a GroupMe
Ahhh
basically we all hand decoded different parts of the document, while we had a few ppl working on a script to decode the rest
i love MIT for pulling shit like this tho, its very characteristic of them
instead of releasing the godamn schedule online like a normal school lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkB1Nahi-X0
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bruhhhhhhhhhh we could totally do this
I showed you that before lol
oh wut
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Bruh
it just came out a few weeks ago
The design was made years ago
Should be an arduino nano powering the low level hardware
I was right on the money
It's an arduino nano
what else would u use tho lol
Beaglebone perhaps
Or if you're really good just scratch make the PCB
I'm not saying that's it's not impressive
But I'm saying it was done before and that they used the same design
Unless it's the same ppl/person
ah
well its basically a copy of Google Glass
If you really want we can make our own version and beef it up to actually be able to process things
And with an actual built in computer
It'll probably prove to be good experience
that would be really cool actually
or other wearable tech projects
Lol that sounds fun
Alright, you wanna try that out?
well idk i don't want to distract you from the skateboard
you already got all the materials and stuff
Though are you sure you want to work with me? You can probably find someone better
Wow that made me sound pathetic lol
And nah the skateboard build is really straightforward
Oof I guess I'm not fully over the whole 1/15 just yet
I feel like ppl are more subject to be slaves to emotions than I thought or at least I am rn
bruh ur the only one in this school who could even make such a project
I mean when you're at MIT lol
It might be better to hold off until you're there, you'll probably be able to get the resources for free if not low price
And there is bound to be a guy more qualified than me by far, probably an upper classman who's in EE
i mean ya ofc in college, but college is a whole new ball game
it would be nice to attempt a shitty version in high school tho to learn some lessons
Yeh perhaps
I suppose that argument applies no matter where we go
yeh
we can talk about it more, but also I don't want you to be distracted from the skateboard lol
how is that goin btw?
I can longboard kind of
Gave me quite the bicep and grip workout yesterday from carrying it everywhere
Oof idk why I'm so nervous on getting behind
Ive been trying to rev up how much I study and shit from academics to the depths of robotics
Like even after the con yesterday I worked on RWDC and then read some papers until 5 am
Idk why I'm doing this, perhaps I'm scared that OSU won't be able to offer the education I want/need despite their honors college and hurst
Hurst specialized in MechE and I want to go more into mechatronics if possible
Idk
That's also partly the reason why I said that this summer I want to just study and grind
hmm
i mean that's a good thing the to do, if you want to hone your skills
do you feel more motivated now? i know you were kinda in a slump before in terms of working on projects and learning
Idk I think in just more insecure now lol
I can't remember the last time I felt this way
:/
It's hard to believe in yourself when so many other ppl don't
well
they don't believe in the application that u sent in
its not the same thing
there's a reason that everyone who knows you are inspired and awed by you
you could also try to transfer out the first year
i think with time, the thing that actually matters is being personally impressive, and not being impressive on paper.
and did you also send letters to all your waitlists?
I can't send a letter to buzz
They don't allow it
Transferring is also idk man
what are your other waitlists?
I'll see how hurst works out
NEU, RPI, WPI, there's more but they're not anywhere I would want over Buzz
GTech's transfer acceptance rate is 51%
Lmao my "safeties" killed me
That's for Georgian CC schools
They're a state school
Yeh idk
I'll just try to enjoy the last few hours of this con and try to distract myself with RWDC work and studies
ya that's a good idea
the enjoying the con part
i don't k if its a good idea to distract yourself, maybe it would be better to work out your feelings so they don't build up
you free tomorrow? I can come over if u want, or other days of the week
maybe wooping my ass in smash will help lol
I have 5 tests in the first half of the week and RWDC due Monday unfortunately lol
oh shit
wait its due? i thought competition was april 22nd
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Nah April 2
wait then why are u guys flying out on April 22nd
there's a presentation component
ah ok
maybe I should go visit Oregon and see what's actually up there
they should have a visiting weekend right?
and you are honestly right that it's like one of the only places with what I'm particularly interested in
not to mention a direct connection with one of the major companies that are part of what I want to be a part of
It's not that I don't want to go to Oregon, cuz it has everything I want
except idk if it has the education I want
but then again if they were able to make those robots
then they must have the education to back it up
right honestly the classes b/w don't vary that much
what varies is the connections and the ppl, which are gold in ur case for osu
u might find a smaller range of class subjects maybe, but for engineering u should be all set
I also first thought that prestige wasn't that big of a deal but now with everyone not even wanting to mentioning OSU around me since they think they might make me feel down just makes me feel down way more lol
really ppl do that?
I notice that ppl tend to discuss college less around me
it's also very real that this can all be in my head
but my folks aren't so celebratory about it
I don't get any congrats but only consolations
it's kind of like self-fullfilling prophecy
well do you discuss college a lot with others? I feel like college is such a touchy topic for everyone so everyone is just nervous to talk about it unless the other person brings it up
but this time, self-fulfilling feelbads
LMAOOO
really? I think ppl love to congrats and make jokes about them
maybe you've been hanging around Vara a lot
jk jk
also it looks like you have Spring preview coming April 6th and 13th
they also can't fly me out lol, I asked and it was a nah
the nearest airport to them commercially is an hour+ away
who's they?
OSU
who else lol
oh wait
no one else
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shit
the edge is on
oh I thought u meant ur parwnts
wow
gotta find some sandpaper
uh
🐱
u should just ask ur parents to let u go
they'll pay for the ticket right?
probably
oh man, I suppose I'll never find out what a congrats is like
if all else fails
https://www.youvisit.com//60212/?pl=v&hover=0&reff=http%3A%2F%2Fvisitosu.oregonstate.edu%2Fopen-house-programs
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Virtually explore Oregon State University in a fully immersive 360-degree experience.
I found out about my acceptance by waking up to a letter that fell next to my bed
no horahs, no nice, just "oh" and back to sleep
same thing for the honors too lol
I congratulated you when you got into OSU
I remember thinking u could now actually pursue ur dream of legged robots
yeh and I really appreciate it
thanks from the deepest part of my heart
it just hurts a bit when no one in your family does
idk it was all the small things I think that slowly chipped away at me
I think I'm just edgy rn
immature
only doing RWDC is probably my best course of action rn
ya, that's probably a good idea for the next 2 days
we can chill afterwards
work on some cool projects and just enjoy senior yr
you know what's cool? Being able to be the person who makes things great by your association with them. This isn't an exact goal of mine but for me I just found that interesting
Hurst being at OSU made me think highly of OSU, Woz being from Berkeley made me think that Berkeley was really cool, etc.
maybe it was that line that my cousin told me after I said I was happy to go to OSU
and they replied, I'm sorry that you have to go to just your safety
hmmm
ya well I don't think he understands ur real motivations and passions
I mean to be honest, yes the glamor isn't there for OSU and ppl who don't know you very well just wouldn't get it. but in terms of a fit, I think ppl who know you well would agree it's definitly a college worth being happy about going
u just gotta excuse the ignorant
u have ur reasons and they're totally valid
that's true I suppose
well if glamor is what ppl care about then the solution is to just make it glamorous, a couple more youtube videos of robots doing uncanny things will do the trick
I wonder if I'm looking for self-validation or outside validation
though I should probably be looking for self-validation
ya well everyone looks for outside validation, it's natural
but ya I think the best thing to do is realize ppl who just hear about it are ignorant of the conrext and u should take their comments with a grain of salt
I know I was genuinely happy for you when u found out bc I knew it made complete sense for what u want to do in the future
I'm sure other ppl who know u better do too
I can't say enough how grateful I am to be friends with you lol
idk if it's us knowing each other well, but despite what you say
you really got them ppl skills
or if we distill it some more, you got understanding
nah I suck at emotional shit lol
I suppose the last thing that was nagging at the back of my mind was the idea that ppl won't take me seriously once they find out where I am, because I do think that robotics needs to branch out more and if I try to converse with like investors or ppl like that I feel like they would judge me based on where I'm from and not what I make
it's probably cuz we vibe pretty well and we k eachother pretty well
hmm
to be honest yes that's a valid concern in some situations, some jobs care a lot about what school u come from, especially mom engineering ones. however if ur talking about getting funding, especially in startups, it matters more about ur creations than ur background
haha they say that you usually find life long friends in college, but I met you in high school so I guess that's an anomaly
wow that was sappy
aw thanks. I think we could use some sappy rn
also *non-engineering not mom engineering
lol
ahh ic ic
if u were going into academia, I think they care more about da brands
guess I'm lucky to be at this age when legged robots are moving out of the labs into industry
is that always true? Raibert went to Northeastern when it was unheard of and got a professorship at CMU, made the leg lab and then moved to MIT after several years
apparently it wasn't until he was doing his PhD at MIT after Northeastern that he learned about robotics
that's insane that he started so late and did so much
I must admit though, you're the only one that I can discuss such sappy things about rather comfortably
idk why, maybe it's cuz I'm usually so isolated from others from my childhood to how I act now
but I rarely if ever talk about this kind of stuff to others
basically, you got all the good dirt if you wanna take me down
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jk jk
🐱
but I'm sure you know what I mean
ya def
I don't talk about this kind of thing with anyone else either
and also whenever I talk about how excited I am to meet more new ppl in college who share my same interest and mindset I can make a lot stronger connections with, usually I'm referring to our friendship
in life in general its probably pretty rare to find someone u can vibe with so well
and here I was thinking you might be gay back in middle school
funny how that works out
funny and yet I'm pretty grateful to how it worked out
thanks man
same
and I thought u were a girl
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LOL
🐱
did I ever tell the story when I had almost shoulder length hair I got catcalled?
this is also when I was really rather skinny
🐱
LMAO really
yeh dude
I was walking down the street to my house from main street
and a car came by
and dudes starting to whistle and say things
and then they passed and saw that I was a dude
and the street became so quiet
lloll
u were the og trap
step aside mike
lmaooo
aight, time to do some RWDC grind
cya in a bit
or tomorrow
who knows lol
yup cya
and yeh if you wanna make the glasses then all we can easily do it I bet
I have most of the electronics needed to make it and some of the stuff we can just scratch make
just let me know if you're up for it
I even already have a raspberry pi zero that was on sale that's just waiting to be used somewhere
sicc
ok
Sun, Apr 1st 2018, 9:52 am
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Sun, Apr 1st 2018, 5:28 pm
wow
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Mon, Apr 2nd 2018, 10:04 am
i forged a pass for u if u need one
I need to study for the psych test and then work on RWDC again and then study for math lol
Today's a bad day
ok lol no worries
I'm just gonna make sure Chad is ready for test day
I also need to finish an essay due e block lol so I wont make too many changes
Sounds good
That was also a really depressing April fools comic lol
Mon, Apr 2nd 2018, 6:20 pm
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/how-not-to-order-water-from-a-robot-waiter
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When we ask robots to do things, should they do what we say, or what we mean?
I think you should read this one
this falls right into what you're interested in
this was a sample convo with purposely having the robot not being able to understand nuances/what they mean
Robot: Hello my name is Waiterbot. I will be helping you today. Participant: Great, can I order something? Robot: Please tell me your order. Participant: Um, can I have one water? Robot: Yes, that is permissible. Participant: Great. Robot: Please tell me your order. Participant: Can I have one water? Robot: Yes, that is permissible. Participant: Great, I’ll take one water. Robot: Thank you for sharing that interesting prediction. Please tell me your order. Participant: Can I order one water? Robot: Yes, that is permissible. Participant: Okay, can you bring me one water? Robot: Yes, I am able to do that. Participant: May you bring me one water? Robot: Yes, I am able to do that. Participant: I would like— Robot: Please tell me your order. Participant: I would like to have one water. Robot: Thank you for sharing that interesting fact. Please tell me your order. (16-second pause) Participant: Can you bring me one water? Robot: Yes, I am able to do that. Please tell me your order. Participant: May you please bring me one water? Robot: Yes, I am able to do that. Participant: So can you do it? Robot: Yes. Please tell me your order. Participant: Can you go inside and get the water for me? Robot: Yes, I am able to do that. Please tell me your order. Participant: My order is water— Robot: Please tell me your order. Participant: My order is water. Robot: Okay. (Robot retrieves meal card for participant) Robot: Here is your drink. Participant: Thank you. Robot: You’re welcome. Please tell me your order. Participant: My order is two cakes. Robot: Okay. (Robot retrieves meal card for participant) Robot: Here is your dessert. Participant: Thank you. Robot: You’re welcome. Please tell me your order. Participant: My order is done. Robot: Please tell me your order. Participant: My order is noodles. Robot: Okay. (Robot retrieves meal card for participant) Robot: Here is your meal. Participant: Thank you. Robot: You’re welcome. Thank you for helping me. We are now done.
This last line really got me
"don’t we want robots to learn how to interact with us, rather than the other way around?"
yo
do you wanna come over to Maxes? were making schnitzel
with Christoph
nah, I have to study
and Jen says u can work on RWDC here
it'll be easier with the double monitors in my room and I also got other work to finish up
u sure? u could just come to eat lol
got more tests tomorrow too
ok
Jen is just skipping school tomorrow
seniorrrrrrrrr
it'll look bad if both she and I skipped considering the classes we have together lol
ok
well don't overwork urself
we could always use some food cleanup service here if u change ur mind
haha thanks
Tue, Apr 3rd 2018, 12:16 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAgXwUwQoPA
THAT IS PROPAGANDA BULLSHIT
ITS NOT THE MACHINES
ITS THE LIBERALSSSS
Tue, Apr 3rd 2018, 3:31 pm
Ok I actually watched now at the orthodontist and I gotta say that was kind of weak
It doesn't have any proof or examples besides oh look musky and hawking said no. Which in of itself is low effort since hawking was an astrophysicist
I think it was more of a fear mongering video than it was an informative one
lol I mean
the capabilities of AI to do those things is within reach
u don't need much technical evidence to support rhat
But they keep showing clips of hardware which irks me
Or just their own animations
The GRASP lab has been tackling completely autonomous drones for a long time now and the best they gotten were in door drones that only didn't crash if the map was preloaded
I'm not claiming to be an expert by any means but when ppl just claim that robots can do this or that in a few years without any evidence or any idea on how the tech actually works
It just feels off
Tech rant over
If my current views continue I could actually very easily end up in the militarized part of robotics lol
I don't really have an exact road I want to go with this that's actually profitable
I tend to rant about this stuff very easily lol
Has your stance on it changed at all?
nope
I think that there's a danger for AI to eventually have the capabilities to cause a lot of damage, but I don't think its a reason to try to stop innovation in any way, as the benefits will outweigh the harm
also, just historically I think whenever we've had catastrophiclly dangerous weapons the world has been able to deal with it responsibly
Tue, Apr 3rd 2018, 8:40 pm
Yeh I feel
And holy shit
Hurst replied to me
I thought I was dead in the water
He invited me to the lab
And recommended an old book by Raibert that I should check out
Holy shit
After all my rejections this is the best acceptance yet
Way better than any faceless institute saying yes, it's fucking jonathon hurst saying come visit
I don't think I've actually cried from happiness before
Shit don't tell anyone that I cried
It'll make me look like a
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dude that's awesome!
you should try to get your parents to let u visit
nah, we just absolutely don't have the funds rn
but at least I have more motivation now
ah ok
I need to find a copy of Legged Robots that Balance by Mark Raibert
but it was made in 1986 and it's out of print
oh lol
probably ur best bet is used books
or the trash can :'(
T_T
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this doesn't feel right
all I did was send my resume and tell him I'm interested in his field
what doesn't feel right
do I really deserve something like this lol
didnt he just invite u to visit his lab?
at this point I thought I would just go to Oregon and just disappear into the student body since I'm not good enough for much else
he said "absolutely" to my question of whether or not being I would be able to work in his lab
and then told me to go talk to him the moment I'm on campus
idk it may be a really small thing
but after all these rejections and no responses
it just feels so nice to have a reply from him, especially since I admire his work so much
maybe I'm just overreacting lol, it was just an email after all
oh that's awesome
I didn't k he already approved u working in his lab
dude your settttt. if u make a good impression, he can be like ur guiding person through college and also industry
I'm sure he has lots of connections everywhere, and if he's gonna recommend anyone from OSU it's gonna be u
probably should go fix my hair when I'm on campus in the fall
thanks thanks man, I'm just excited to be able to get a nice email from him and not another one of those "I'm sorry to inform you..."
lol, maybe I can make up for my father's time spent in the mountains training in martial arts with a master
I could maybe live in the forests of Oregon, learning from a master roboticist
lmaooo
you'll come out of ur training being on of those hippie technologists with long hair who live in a cabin
you'll preach the salvation of legged robotics, but humanity wont be ready for such enlightenment
I'll go down that homeless route from Choice of Robots lol
lmao Church of the Legged Robot
u need to find ur Tammy
I'll be rooting for you to find your Elly Lao who doesn't friendzone you
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not possible
i think the lesson here is i should just kiss every girl who agrees to have dinner with me
but have you ever even kissed a girl before?
I haven't T_T
lol no
don't worry
Theodore Twombly couldn't kiss his beloved
an AI
lol
well that is until the hired girl part
i feel like by the time they have AI that advanced, there definitely will be able to pair sex toys to the AIs
actually before they even get that advanced, someone will make it happen
ppl are horny af
Japan already made porn VR games
complete with uh
"physical" interactions
we're stepping on a very fine line between progress and straying more and more from god's light
lmaoo
lol well
"sex sells"
what if legged robot's primary application becomes a toy for ppl with leg fetishes
I would end that so quickly
what if there are sex AI's
would you endorse that?
i mean what part of sex do u need for it to be an AI
if sex AIs make a big breakthrough in AI technology i would endorse it
Holy shit
you're going to be a robo pimp
lol
hey its primarily the hardware
VR or AR could really take off ;)
is there sci oly this friday btw?
ya there should be if Chaks is accomadating
why?
Sarah asked if I was free Friday
ah ya there's apparently a movie thing at Farzanas
i'm going after Sci Oly
ooh ic ic
hmm perhaps I'll go, idk what other stuff I have to do
ye u should come
Wed, Apr 4th 2018, 9:37 am
Is K here today?
Nvm
You coming today?
Where u at boiii
ya im coming but first gotta watch Nina Lizzie and Vivienne present
at the junior fin lit assembly thing
Kkkk
they said it would be at 10 lol
but it just started
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I don't think I'll be there during winblock
Here's a progress report
I can't be here during D block due to another surprise quiz I found out about for psych
👌👌👌
ok
I'm not sure what we're going to do for the mid black lineup
If you read the notes we got quite the strange problem on our hands
We could technically magic turn fix it
But then that would cost a lot of time readjusting things
I was able to get in like 7 runs
And it just missed the second dump a couple times cuz of the mid black lineup problem surprisingly
The arm is also seemingly more and more inconsistent with the discgrab
If it misses be sure to stop the program IMMEDIATELY or else the servos going to suffer from strain
inconsistent in which way
I also fiddled with the teeth a bit but I have seen it actually effect much
Inconsistent as in when I added 100 to the value it hit too low and when I subtracted 100 it still hit too low
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uh
Maybe the arm doesn't have enough time to settle into position before it drives forward
But I kind of doubt that
Anyway, my notes I left you above the main should tell ya the rest
It also has a small list of TODOs
ok sweet
Wed, Apr 4th 2018, 2:30 pm
There's been an interesting push for HRI recently I noticed
wdym?
Wed, Apr 4th 2018, 10:59 pm
nah I just noticed there's been more news and papers on it
like it was always a thing
but I noticed more content from that field so far in this young year
Thu, Apr 5th 2018, 7:30 am
You up for d block today?
Ill get you a pass I suppose
I just got fucked in the aas
Where you at
LOL
I feel
physics
I'm in the hall
Thu, Apr 5th 2018, 2:23 pm
Where u at bruh
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
I was making up the physics rest
I got fisted a 2nd time
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This is pretty fun
You wanna join?
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r u still skateboarding
Yeee
Wanna hop on for a carve?
Broooo
lol for a carve
I'm technically in e club rn
You wanna be cool nerd?
When does that end?
5
where r u rn?
Almost st the school
Where u at
upstairs caf
do u need me to open a door
I'm behind you
Jk I'm at the back door
Where you at
Ok back parking lot
oh I'm in the botball room
Bruh lol
Do you see me outside
Thu, Apr 5th 2018, 8:26 pm
Once the motor and remote comes in
I should be able to just put together an electric skateboard straight up
I found the reason why Hurst is at Oregon
"He was drawn to the new program in Corvallis, because he saw it as fertile ground for something big. 'There was very good leadership in the department, and there was support and freedom to build a research group or a program or anything we wanted to do,' he recalled. 'I got the sense that the sky was the limit.' "
That makes sense I think
he was the first actual full robotics background member there and so he took advantage of that and did what he wanted with lots of support -> legged locomotion
clever
wow interesting
smart choices
not many places will let you go make a legged robot and then your own business lol
Barn Man also apparently is also still an roboticist in the institute
Oregon really does let their roboticists do whatever they want
that's a preview of what you'll get there
unlimited resources
finally ur dream of eating resources without being accountable for them
jk jk
LOL
you know me so well
also when did u decide on Camille? :O
Iman's been bringing it up for a while
and at some point Camille mentioned it
and then I jokingly asked Kelvin if he wanted to go with me
and he said yes
and then Camille was there
and I asked her and she said she would
oh Camille already knows?
and then I said I was joking and she said something along the lines of come onnnn
I don't think so
I bet she still thinks I don't have anything planned
oh damn she's begging for that D 😩😩😩💦💦💦
that Direct approach
holy shit, da heck bruh lol
are you uh, doin' alright?
did the FR and MC combo fuk you up really badl
nah I was fucked up already
I was also kind of hesitant since I thought that Kelvin and Jason liked her or something so I didn't want to like make anything awkward
but idk their situation and its just prom and memes so I suppose it could be alright
but if ur just asking her to prom it's no biggie
yeh that was my concluding thought to it
when are you going to go to Ayiadiah's prom?
uh end of May I think
oh after we get out of school?
wowow
no actually May 12th
maybe you can get the opposite of Arctic Monkey's No. 1 Party Anthem
oh that's a lot earlier than I thought lol
that actually sounds really early
what if i tell her i need to study for APs
jk
don't do that lol
you should say SAT Subject Tests instead
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you should ask the DJ to play a slow artic monkey song
ooh actually ya
I bet that'll be nice
slow dance
jk idk how to dance
lol Aadhya is the farthest from the slow dance type
that's a real good point
if you just end up arm wrestling the whole prom
send pics
or maybe you guys can tongue wrestle
lol
lol ew
Fri, Apr 6th 2018, 9:44 am
Can you forge me a pass lol
ya sure lol
Wait jk k is back
ok
I'm at botball now
Stairs are going to kill me
I think I just landed an internship and scholarship with the military version of the IEEE
oh what
I got a call from the fellowship while I was working out and unfortunately it was kind of loud
damnnn son
So I heard, are you still free for the 10 weeks? And there will be more info coming by mail and a banquet?
whats the company?
Should I call again?
Apparently it's a group of companies and contractors
Should I call??
wait is this someone you emailed?
or they just called u lol
Both
hmmm
I think I'm going to call again
if u think u missed a lot of important info I would call back, but if they said more information would be coming by mail
ok
Oh shit it's confirmed
Looks like I'm going to a banquet
ooh
NICE!
wait so what is the company tho lol
or its multiple?
but which is the one your interning for
She didn't say which place, apparently the places that are interested will contact me separately
ah ic
wait so is the internship confirmed or just the banquet?
Lol and here I thought it would go like college admissions and everyone will reject me since I keep talking about robot shit
Both
also what's the organization called
thats holding the banquet
AFCEA
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
lmao nah man the real industry loves robo stuff. they don't care if you blog about veitnamese food or not
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Looks like I'm officially walking the path of the "dark" side
That makes me sad about the college process and their priorities then lol
Wow I guess I do appeal to the people in the field a lot more than the liberal arts AOs
dang this is like a really big organization
congrats man this is big news
they probably have plenty of parts to steal
Really? How big are they? I didn't do that much of a background check
LOL
I'll be Snowden at that rate
Following the American Civil War, the United States Veterans Signal Association was formed from the original Signal Corps established under Major Albert J. Myer of the U.S. Army. This organization was active for many years, ultimately being augmented by veterans from the Spanish–American War and World War I. Another World War I group, the American Signal Corps Association, merged with the U.S. Veterans Signal Association in 1918 and was active until 1944 (World War II). In May 1946, Major General Harry C. Ingles, Brigadier General David Sarnoff, and a number of industrial leaders joined to found the Army Signal Association, absorbing the remaining chapters of its predecessors. In 1947, with the unification of the services, the name was changed to Armed Forces Communications Association, and in 1954 the name evolved as the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. In 1979 AFCEA became international with the establishment of chapters in Europe, Asia and Canada.
seems like they're pretty big and have lots of history with government and military
Wow
Maybe I'll go down the military route
when you shake the presidents hand make sure to throw a coin in her face
that unlocks the world domination route
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did they say when the banquet is?
LOL that would be funny
And idk they said that all the details will come later
I think you're right
Connections really do go far
http://www.afceaboston.com/upcomingevents.asp theres the Boston Chapter of AFCEA
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Welcome to the AFCEA Boston home page for the Lexington-Concord Chapter.
it looks like the event will probably be the AFCEA Gala on May 5th
Lol you're fast at googling
What would I do without ya
Thanks man haha
lol np
im just excited for u
even if ur joining the D A R K S I D E
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LOL
I'll be building robos to fight China
Giant mecha here I come
lol
Fri, Apr 6th 2018, 4:09 pm
You at the school rn?
Skating in the wet snow I found can be dangerous
Luckily since there was so much snow and wet dirt I didn't "get hurt"
lol be careful
ya I'm in botball
but I'm not working on Chad rn
Aight I suppose I can drop by
Fri, Apr 6th 2018, 6:23 pm
When are we going?
You got an ETA?
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Sat, Apr 7th 2018, 12:00 am
Wanna go to a talk on April 10th?
Sat, Apr 7th 2018, 8:25 am
ooh on my bday
what talk
Sat, Apr 7th 2018, 10:37 am
https://events.attend.com/f/1383784152#/reg/0/
oh lol
Daniella Rus was our opening speaker for the first MAHacks
wait really lol
so no to this talk?
well idk what it's about
there isn't much info about it besides its title
“One Robot for Every Task”
http://www.ece.neu.edu/events/one-robot-every-task
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Distinguished Speaker Series in RoboticsOne Robot for Every TaskDaniela RusDirector of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)Reception to follow
I think she might've given it before but I haven't seen it
It sure sounds interesting
applications perhaps?
you down? And since it's your bday I got'chu, coverin' the costs
nah I can cover the cost
sounds interesting, id be down to come
but it's at 4:30, not sure if I can get out of track that early
you can say you have a doctor appointment ;)
I think I've already made that excuse
maybe say you're feeling sick?
I've also already done that one lol
Apparently my folks met yours in San Diego and talked about college essays
Lol
what
What is the time frame for track
when
how
Idk my pops just walked to me and told me that
Apparently my folks were on a business trip
That explains a lot this week
wait my parents were in San Diego this week
*werent
Oh wait
Nvm
LOL
He said Jeffery not Justin
Ok nvm
I was so confused there
lol ok
Jeffery is my cousin
ahh
He's our age, and is in JHU
hmmm so the events in northeastern?
Yup yup
We're about to do RWDC rn
Skateboarded here that was fun
How was YC
I didn't go, I'm at a family thing
more like family thing came up out of the blu
Oooh ic ic
I think you might find this article interesting
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/fribo-a-robot-for-people-who-live-alone
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This little robot listens to what goes on in your life and helps to keep you connected with your friends
probably one of the more interesting robot ideas
or just tech ideas in general
it's a social robot
but the robot doesn't interact
it's merely a middleman that isn't controlled by anyone
this feels like a jibo 2.0
Fribo
nah dude it's not an assistant
idk what to call it
if you take a read it's just really interesting
oh wow that is a really interesting
I can imagine it would also be used a lot by family members and couples who live long distance
it would be nice to have this for Ashley in chicago
wanna make one for her?
and right?? its a really interesting concept
we could even try it out
I'm wondering how many "living noises" it can recognize
idk
it's probably sampled and or learned
but it must be quite a few
giving the reactions and reports of the test users
actually that might be interesting to make
you could make it learn and get better at recognizing sounds
Fribo would actually be rather cheap to make
oh yeh, are you still up for the talk?
lemme check the transportation
welp there aren't a lot of good options
the best would be to uber to Alewife station, or to Uber to Cambridge st @ High st bus stop which goes to alewife
http://miter.mit.edu/articlerejection-gene/
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rejection can make you a better entrepreneur :D
ha
ha
ha
HAHA
its a pretty interesting article ^ on the psychology of entrepreneurs and why guys tend to be more inclined for it than girls
Sun, Apr 8th 2018, 8:31 am
this guy is my CPW host: http://joelgustafson.com/
things were cool until
"shepherd humanity toward a stable hive mind"
I value the individual a lot more than a hive mind rn lol
lmao
he seems like a really interesting dude
he also lives in the Zeta Psi frat lmao
so that's where I'll be staying
holy shit you're going to be joining a frat that early?
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mit predicted my intentions
maybe that individuality mindset is why I don't like the idea of robots of just being tools
like the computer truly is the ultimate tool, a bicycle for the mind, (I think Jobs said that?)
but I think robots should be more independent, they should be the partners of mankind, like how dogs help and provided companionship for humanity for years
oop, feeling more thinky today
well i don't think a hive mind needs robots
also hive minds could just be that everyone is connected in the way they share information, like modern social media but a lot more intimate
doesn't mean ppl will lose individuality
The moment that everyone starts thinking more similar to one another, would that not be the start of the hive and the end of the individual
though maybe I need to have more faith in humanity lol, we can't even have ppl agree on guns let alone move onto a hive mind
welll maybe having more direct access to information and other ppl's opinions would help the world agree on issues more
I mean Trump's voter base is already basically an uninformed hive mind
they all agree on things that are objectively false
That's true, but the idea that a hive mind will only have one way of looking at things is still rather concerning
if I were to subscribe to the idea of a hive mind
it would have to be open to every single piece of information
and look at it from multiple views
ya that's what i mean, everyone would have equal access to information as well as other people's opinions
i tink the biggest concern is the susceptibility to attacks. if the collective network of information that everyone uses is compromised than that is really scary
isn't that an ideal version of the internet?
for example, if Google suddenly got destroyed most ppl wouldn't know how to use the internet anymore
ya, i think it will be an evolution of the internet
but Google's control over the information could also be concerning due to the fact that they can and do choose what links and info that ppl see/first see
but it's not like I've personally run into things like that before lol, just a hypothetical
also this rejection article really sounds like it was written for you
thanks :'(
not a criticism and more of a question
I'm reading a lot about "MIT's tech obsession startup" thing
but I can only name one MIT tech startup turn full company
iRobot
i mean
Intell
(I wouldn't count BD since they never actually made a product, from their inception to almost now, they are more of a military contractor than anything else. Though they are about to put a price on spot mini this summer lol)
how do u define MIT tech startup?
"Intel was founded in Mountain View, California in 1968 by Gordon E. Moore (of "Moore's law" fame), a chemist, and Robert Noyce, a physicist and co-inventor of the integrated circuit."
there are a bunch of companies whos founders were grads of MIT
lol wat
by MIT startup I was thinking more of the startup itself coming from MIT
but MIT didn't have like a dedicated entrepreneurial program for incubating startups until like later
if we are talking about the grads of ppl making companies then Apple would be a Berkeley/Reed startup lol
Dropbox
Buzzfeed
BUZZFEED?!
Khan Academy
idk if you wanna be tied to that name
a lot of MIT companies go into industries most pppl wouldn't hear about
i mean how many startups do you know of total who were founded at the university
who became full companies
very little
the biggest example would probably be facebook
ya but Harvard had no involvement in that lol
Zuckerberg had to make it at Harvard cuz he was still a student
the original database was taken from Harvard and it was used there before spreading
I'm saying that facebook seems to have deeper roots in Harvard than iRobot does at MIT
hmm i guess
how many startups do you know in general
I can name you a shit ton of robot startups lol
otherwise not much
i feel like theres an overfascination with a very few very flashy startups who got their own movies. 99.999% of startups no one would have heard about even if they're very succesful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojtfocnGUOE&index=79&list=PLJVzmmBPmGNYQm9sNYLUwqgekXNT8KjWx
Here ya go, I think you might enjoy this song
I mean the only two that really got movies would be FB and Apple right?
but to be fair they did change the world way more than most companies/startups ever did in their whole lifetime of operation
ya but i mean like high profile startups
and they also had lots of internal drama that easily lent itself to a story lol
i think most of MIT's startups don't target an entire mass market but go into things like development of tech in underdeveloped nations or build components of larger industries like Accion
no one hears about those companies even if they make a huge impact
that brings up an old question I think I asked you once
concrete changed the ancient world
but would you want to be known as the guy who made concrete?
i mean ya if concrete made a huge impact
i don't want to be the guy who makes slightly better concrete lol, but if the invention of concrete makes a huge impact on the world
than ya
obviously it sounds boring now but it would be revolutionary in the ancient world
inventing concrete back then is like inventin carbon nanotubes now
(btw that article was an interesting read, but the proposal at the end would imply that society itself would have to change up how they treat gender norms, which is a huge leap)
yeh right
everyone knows Woz as the guy who made a PC and they know as Jobs who brought that PC to the market
but no one remembers the guy who made it better
I think that innovation has to reach a certain point of performance changing before it becomes relevant
otherwise it's merely an upgrade
not an innovation
true but you don't have to have invented something to have made a huge impact, i think innovations as long as they're disruptive and innovative also work
like Elon Musk
This Joel guy is quite the intellectual memer lol https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZy9z7zX4AExuh6.jpg
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maybe that's just the autistic artistic side of me speaking lol
something about making something is intrinsically different than improving something
of course the lines blur a lot, like with the Wright brothers, they improved other's designs and made their own to produce the first airplane
but i mean in that cast Woz didn't actually make the PC
yeh exactly
so that's why I believe the line that separates innovation and inventing
is comprised of two things
impact on people
and people's reception and feedback
technology nowadays is nothing but building on top of others
robotics was always and still even building from tech from other fields, (BD's hydraulics were actually modified Jet hydraulics)
but people call BD's robots new inventions rather than innovations
not because they are ill informed
but because they truly believe it
though now we're delving into philosophy and how people perceive and shit lmao
but I think technology has a very primal bound with people. An ideal piece of technology meant for people in general should not require people to spend a lot of time learning how to operate it.
the moment that you need shit tons of training to use something it becomes more of a tool than anything else
but who the fuk knows rn, these are all just thoughts
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I need to find some pants
btw do you have my drill?
Ben mentioned you might have it
all my tools are scattered everywhere lol
Sam has my hotglue gun, Ben has the jigsaw, and the drill isn't at my place
nope I never took anything back to my house
welp shiz
oh yeh, want anything for your bday?
I can't exactly buy or build an optimized ML computer for you
but I can probably come up with something else lol
lmao
nah it's all good
I don't really want anything
once I get my first paycheck I'll get ya an e-board perhaps
nah man it's fine
I didn't really get u anything except cold ones
a shit ton of cold ones then?
lol
lmao
I'll take a green tea cold one
it's fine tho I don't really need anything
how about
what did you say on Friday?
A Ruth Fund?
lol a Roth ira fund
my mom wanted me to put all my accion money in there
some people wisely save their money for the future
some people splurge and buy instant gratification items like a new car or electronic device
and there's the fuktards like me who buy ultimately useless robotics parts
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but that high amp voltage regulator doe!
is this thing just for retirement?
can you not take out the cash anytime you want?
I'm not sure I forget
there's something about how it only makes sense for long term
you think I'mma live _that_ long??
HOW COULD YOU LEAVE ME ON READ ON THAT CLEARLY CONVERSATION ENDING MESSAGE
SAD
TEARS
DOUCHEFACE
sorry I couldn't help myself
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Btw I'm confirmed going to the talk on Tuesday so if you wanna hop on with me then feel free
Sun, Apr 8th 2018, 3:25 pm
ok
I'm not sure that the transportation would work out
also I'm at the mall and I'm so lost
Why are you at the mall lol
Transportation should work out
It'll just be the train orange line to NE right
well cuz i have to be at track
it would have to be at least after 3 and idk when i will be able to slip out
You can say you have a dentist appointment perhaps
What other appointments can you say, I'm starting to run or lmao
ive covered doctors, feeling sick, going to a job
the thing is I skipped this saturday practice and i wont be there Monday
and I'll be skipping next Thurs and Fri and Sat due to CPW
lol so he might get really pissed
Perhaps you can be like "college stuff"
You could also just say you will for sure make up for the missed days lol
true
but I won't lol
if you don't mind (idk if you are able to go or not)
I'm going to go hunting for the book on Tuesday too
most libraries don't have it lol
I only found it in Harvard and MIT
MIT it's got a fat red x, meaning that it's not available or just missing I suppose
Harvard I might need a pass
however the Boston Public Library has a dusty old copy, but it's deemed "in-library use" so I can't exactly just take it
I'mma ask Damian and Rebecca if they can help
should I ask Kendall too?
or maybe John Na
fuk why is this book so hard to find
it feels like I'm questing to find a sacred item to start my training
I found a pricing for it for $50,000
fuk me
How was the mall?
it was fun just got back
wowow
what did you do there for so long and who were you mallin' with?
Sun, Apr 8th 2018, 9:52 pm
i was with Aadhya
i tried on new clothes but it feels wierd to put on clothes not from Costco
HOLY FUCK
you were on a date?!
Have you found your Tammy already?!
And you tried on clothing _FOR FUN_ ?!
Who the fuk are you
Jk jk
Sounds like a nice new experience
Mon, Apr 9th 2018, 2:48 am
lol
it was more of a friend date
Mon, Apr 9th 2018, 7:27 am
What is that supposed to mean
Mon, Apr 9th 2018, 9:59 am
Might wanna come back soon btw
ya I'm heading back
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Mon, Apr 9th 2018, 8:44 pm
I'll be working for Booz Allen
This is where Edward Snowden got contracted with the NSA and leaked the info
He got fired lol
?
The company I'm at this summer
Booz Allen Hamilton
It's where Snowden was
oooh
He was an employee, got contracted on the NSA project
Leaked the info
Got fired
Fled
Holy shit this place is 104 years old
I'm getting closer and closer to the "dark" side
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do u k what ur gonna be doing there
Nope no idea
Probs finding out at the banquet
I guess I should watch what I say now
Tue, Apr 10th 2018, 8:16 am
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
You're finally 18 now
old af
🍻
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thanksss
We'll go grab some cold ones and meme and or talk ;)
sounds good
I'm almost done with the Chad log
Keep in mind these were done with the old poms
Tue, Apr 10th 2018, 1:49 pm
yo uh do u have track pants I could borrow lol
Yeh but where are you
I just got back from field trip
When does the train leave?
I can skate back to my house to grab some pants
2:43
Otherwise we can switch pants lol
do u have class rn?
I'm in math
ok
I'm in a study for the rest of break
Would you be up for that?
*class
ya lol I'm fine with switching pants if u are
Wait my pants aren't the best for track either I just realized lol
but if u have time to get pants, or if you trust me to stop by your house to grab them
My house is locked lol
oh welp
I think I can skate there and get back
Just be outside along my street to the school I suppose
ok thanks
if u trust me with a key I can also run back and get it
If this kind of stuff happens next year I'm not going to fly back lol
Well idk if you want to walk in here ask for me keys in the middle of class
I'm taking a dump rn bye
lol it's ok there'll be extra pants in my frat
Bye
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Btw
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ok ya I don't thin k I can leave actually
rn
Extra pants that the girls left behind from the party?
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Yeh I'll just be skating as fast as I can lol
cuz we are just so close of friends she feels comfortable taking off her pants while we have a friendly discussion
LOL
Why are you taking off your pants? Well we're good friends so you know
Aight imma get back to class rn ttyl
Me: I'd really like to see you with ur pants off. Girl: Oh I'm so glad we're close enough friends to be comfortable doing that!
cya
thanks for the pants in advance
Are you on the street?
coming down now
ok I'm there
The street?
I don't see you lol
Spruce
oh hold on
ya
I c u
I'll just walk toward ur house
Holy crap I thought the outbound was mine lol
The bathrooms here are so clean
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lmaooo
I'm lost already
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There's no one here
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Oh wait it starts at 4:30
*whew I was worried there for a second
oh lmao
The organizers and rus are here now lol
I'm just sitting here awkwardly
lol
wait
go strike up a convo
perfect networking time
They're having a convo separately
They're talking about the gripper of the PR2 and control theory
I'm surprised I can keep up rn
u should still go up and introduce yourself
I'll wait until they finish their convo or there's a good point to talk
Oh shut someone already got turned down lol
Welp
? how
Oh wait not turned down
It was just a quick intro
Uh oh
Maybe I'll do it after
nah man afterwards there will be so many ppl asking
and sometimes they have to leave right away
trust me this is the best time while barely anyone is there
Crap there are so many ppl around her now
Holy shit the Harvard octopus man is here
r they all trying to talk to her?
Yeh lol
welp
There's like 5 ppl around her now
6
Back to 5
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u should go
start off by saying your a high school student
that will get her attention
What if I get rejected
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Oh shiz big name ppl are around
I think I missed my opportunity
Shit
There's another long boarder in this room
My skateboard now has company in the corner of the room
lmaoo
Hmmm
Idk if I should've mentioned I was a highschooler
really? why
The moment I did their tone and discussion immediately dumbed down a bit
Idk it felt a bit patronizing but that might be just me
One prof from the side tried to explain to me how sensors can be used to help dynamic balance lol
Idk do you think I'm overreacting?
My question was just brushed off and not answered lol
The guy before me asked if robots can hurt ppl randomly since they can learn
And he got a full answer that was fleshed out and detailed about algorithms
Part of her work was making programs that allow everyday ppl to design and make robots
So my question was what about dynamic locomotion? Due to the mechanical complexity and precision of legged robots how and would the program automatically change the users design to allow walking and if it changes the design would the user still be satisfied with the performance? How would you make the trade off if there would be one
And all I got was a "yes with sensors"
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I'm not exaggerating this either
Time to find that book I suppose
Got the book
Fuk it
Great day
Finally
If I paid for this thing I would be paying around a dollar per page lol
Still wanna go to the winblock sculpture thing tomorrow?
Tue, Apr 10th 2018, 10:59 pm
Wait
How does one photocopy 100+ pages
uh
there are scanner apps on ur phone
Oh smart
Let's make a robot
That turns the page and then has another arm to hold the phone and press the screen to take pics
lol
and i needs to have legs bc how else will the robot walk up tot he book and pick it up
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Wed, Apr 11th 2018, 9:36 am
Tru
You n we a pass?
Need
Robots aren't printable
FUCK YOU
Wed, Apr 11th 2018, 10:35 pm
Did ya finish the webassign?
SSHIT
here you go
http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/PHYS/akmekki/Chapter11.pdf http://www.fzk.yildiz.edu.tr/images/files/FIZ1001_U7_EN.pdf https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120604172615AANF41O https://web.njit.edu/~gary/111/assets/HW9_SOL.pdf
these are in order
<3 thanks man
aw shit there are 3 of them
number 5 is K = 23/48 MR^2 w^2, but w being the little omega
im gonna just email carlson asking for an extension
yeh lol, it's a grind
let me know if you got any questions
and take pics of CPW, I wanna see if Rus sneaked in a dunk tank lol
I'll just be studying Raibert's book
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"Form Follows Function"
lol wut
ppl are harassing robots
jk it's pretty clever
lmao
oh have i told you how i might be kidnapped at CPW
wat
i was talking to Alex Martirosian about MIT
so they do these things called Tangerine Tours where they ask you to meet at a certain location at a certain time
usually after midnight
and masked MIT students take you on an edgy tour of MIT's tunnels and rooftops
so out of nowhere she tips me off: "Yeah so do this one thing on Friday night -- head to lobby 7 before 10 pm, and by 10 pm, gather a group of 10 ppl and sit down quietly in a circle It has to be exactly 10. Wear close toed shoes and don't be under any influence Tell me the next day how it goes "
don't do drugs dude
DDDD
D4
i'm gonna get kdinapped ol
where does Buzz find this legendary level of memeage lol
and yeh man that sounds hella sketch
closed toe shoes
that sounds like you're going to have to run through some sketchy shit lol
LMAO
that technician
"These gloves are not good for this purpose"
"Nowadays everything blows up"
this is too good
How long are you going to be drugged at MIT?
from tomorrow until Sunday noon
there are some hardcore frat parties on Saturday night lol
wait are you serious
dude can I crash one
y
*ya
ofc dude
aight
I'll probs be roaming/studying the book during the day
and then I'll head to where ever the party is in the evening
lol actually
alright
some of them are hardcore
they all start at 10 pm
https://cpw2018.mit.edu/meetings?query=party&&classes[]=Groups%3A%3AMeetings%3A%3AMeeting
I mean there are 2 worst case scenarios
1. it's too much and I retreat somewhere and read the book
2. I get destroyed and wake up Sunday in some random ass place
lol
does OSU have frats?
idk actually
they must
the school has 30k ppl
but since I'm in the honors program with like 1k ppl max. I might be a bit isolated from the rest of them
let me check
holy shit they have a lot
well scratch that
idk what the average number is for a college
I'm probably not going to go near them though unless I make a good friend who's associated with them
this might be my new favorite book
it's really cool to see what his lab/work was back then
Holy shit
Raibert is a genius
I didn't even know about some of the concepts/things to keep in mind in this book
I think I found my favorite word
silience n. the kind of unnoticed excellence that carries on around you every day, unremarkably—the hidden talents of friends and coworkers, the fleeting solos of subway buskers, the slapdash eloquence of anonymous users, the unseen portfolios of aspiring artists—which would be renowned as masterpieces if only they’d been appraised by the cartel of popular taste, who assume that brilliance is a rare and precious quality, accidentally overlooking buried jewels that may not be flawless but are still somehow perfect.
Thu, Apr 12th 2018, 7:22 am
woah
that got really deep
is your emo phase coming back
🐱
🐱
it's a state of fluctuation
btw the band
Saint Motel
is really good
I'll check them out
Zeta Psi huh?
oh I was just about to say lol
those wall addups of the guys in suits
I believe it's from Tarantino's first film
isn't it godfather
Reservoir Dogs
ah ok
or maybe it's Goodfellas by Martin Scorsese
ya each room has it's own theme with pop culture references
so Joel's is called Mafia
there's a godfather painting on the door
LOL nah man Godfather only had a handful gun shoot out scenes, it was always more political action that lead up to a big kill rather than just action scenes
ooh that's pretty neat
sounds a lot more unique than most frats lol
nah I think most frats have their own unique things
tho he did say they're frat is more quirky than most
idk why I keep assuming I know frats, all I've seen are Buzz's alcohol ridden buildings
hmm, just don't trip out so soon man
*too soon
apparently the entire campus is dry during cpw
so no hardcore parties
so I shouldn't come visit on Saturday?
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that's a tad disappointing
so no parties to crash?
that's a pretty nice looking frat though
I mean there are parties but just not intense ones
ya it's a nice frat
ahh ic ic
hmm so it would you think it would be worth to drop by?
besides some college stuff in the morn/noon I don't have much I think (besides RWDC)
wanna sneak into some robo/AI/Tech events around boston this summer?
Jk nvm most have a bit too much security
Thu, Apr 12th 2018, 4:23 pm
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about to go see atlas
I've never seen a Baxter with a different base before
I wonder why it has a shorter one
Which ver of atlas?
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Oooh the DRC one
Do they still use it? I know that IHMC still does amazing work with theirs but the rest of them, from WPI to CMU have gone kinda quiet
Like the valkeryie units
Actually I know that Russ Tedrake is still using old atlas models for some of his algorithm and simulation work
Lol sorry about all the techno mumble jumble I just don't usually get to discuss this kind of stuff
How's your visit so far?
I'm pretty sure they don't actively work on it
my tour guide is from the leg lab lol
HOLY SHIT WHAT
WHATS THEIR NAME
dude being from THE leg lab is like being from Willow Garage!!!
And it's a same to have such an amazing robot just sitting there.... unless they're going to put it in a museum
What did they work on in the leg lab where they a technician, a grad student?
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Always good to see a PR2 still hanging around
he's a sophomore so he did an urop
They're like the hallmark of a nice robotics lab lol
Wait wut
The original leg lab closed down I'm pretty sure
Hurst was one of the last people to work there for a bit I believe
How did he do an urop?
Unless it's the locomotion group and not the original leg lab
Was the official name the robot locomotion group?
The one run by tedrake
Lol sorry for all the messages I just really want to make sure my info is accurate
Feel free to ignore this and just enjoy yourself man
Thu, Apr 12th 2018, 8:23 pm
are you doing that 10 pm thing tonight or tomorrow?
Thu, Apr 12th 2018, 11:51 pm
holy fuck
I just saw that toilet
bruh
that's next level bro right there
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Fri, Apr 13th 2018, 2:43 am
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Fri, Apr 13th 2018, 3:49 pm
skating makes you more tired than I first thought
no wonder skaters are so lean
btw you might wanna email Haver or see him immediately after break
oh shit forgot abour that
Fri, Apr 13th 2018, 6:35 pm
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It's so nice today
Nvm
Fuck bugs
Sat, Apr 14th 2018, 12:33 pm
By any chance was the blonde women on the left in that video Joyce Sidopoulos?
And lol Jibo really does have impressive smooth movements
They did a study recently on robo faces and for some reason the average person didn't like jibos face (though all the presented faces were static images)
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Dude I don't know what happened
woah Roy you pimp
slayin girls left and right
Sat, Apr 14th 2018, 8:14 pm
I don't think I'm doing that
I also have never been in a relationship
Nor kissed a girl
🐱
because u slayin them too hard
Also this book proposes that the control theory behind a single leg can apply to any number of legs with the addition of a bookkeeping system to record and coordinate the multiple legs as long as a certain number of legs coordinate together as a "virtual leg"
.... I think that message just proved I'm not a slayer
Fuck
Did you do that 10pm thing btw? Meet any cool ppl?
that's today at 10
yooo
take some crazy vids dude
get the hype going
lol I'm probably gonna do underground capture the flag
I might stop by one of the ragers later
the 10 thing is supposed to be a rager?
idk it sounds like it
Did alexandria tell you what it was in the end?
ooohh ic ic
"Unleash your inner panther with the bros of Nu Delta"
who knows dude, maybe Cheetah guy will come and punch you in the face during it
oh ok nvm lol
wtf
I went on the tangerine tour yesterdsy
it went until 4:30 AM
"inner panther" well a panther is a type of cat
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it was sicc tho
tangerine?
🐱
it's called the tangerine tour
basically we tour all the nooks and crannys
we also sat on top of the big dome
oh wow, so you got to see all the insides and out?
dayumnn
so you could sneak anyone into anywhere now?
it's probably a terrible idea to bring 300 sleep deprived kids to climb a dome lol
I mean no one checks so u could totally come
lol, aight whenever I get the chance to visit let's throw robots off of the dome
and that's a hella lot of kids lol
Sun, Apr 15th 2018, 12:44 am
How's capture the flag going?
Sun, Apr 15th 2018, 1:33 pm
Btw my schedule is pretty packed for this break
So the time I can be at botball will be a bit sporadic to say the least
oh ok
how come?
RWDC, which also leads me to have to get a "suit" and family friends are coming for some reason
Did not expect this break to get filled up
Shuddering at the idea of having to dress fancy
lol wait i thouht u guys were done
is it just practicing presentations?
There's a lot to present
A lot a lot
I keep thinking that the RWDC work is done every time we press send
But it's never done
Sun, Apr 15th 2018, 9:01 pm
Fuk dude
I have so much catching up to do
Whoa dude I wonder if it's dangerous to skate during an ice shower
wait what do you need to catch up on?
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I don't even understand some of the equations so far and how he derived them
well thats normal
normal isn't the goal though
Lol wow that was edgy
🐱
Wtf am I doing
Mon, Apr 16th 2018, 10:09 am
You coming today?
YOU DIDNT RESPOND TO ME?!!?!!? NOT EVEN THE RESPECT TO LEAVE ME ON READ
SAD
TEAR
😭
XD XD
lmao
i cant come today
Wipe that smirk off your douche face
XD XD FAM SQUA
Aight
Get some rest man
I'll keep you updated
ok thanks!
There's so many new problems
You up for a call later to discuss possible solutions?
Name some times if you're up for it
oh shit really
ya sure uh how about like 8
Sounds good
I'll be working here until ~5
I went surfing today
Tue, Apr 17th 2018, 7:57 am
lol I feel asleep
You feeling better?
Tue, Apr 17th 2018, 9:59 am
Hmm I do hope you're feeling better I'm about to give ya a call
Foxy Roxy called you.
Use protection next time
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🐱
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No ones here lol
You feeling better?
Tue, Apr 17th 2018, 3:29 pm
welp
ya i'm feeling slightly better
at least good enough to go to a MUN meeting at 5:30 today. I'll probably come to Botball afterwards
I heard the MUN meeting takes like three hours lol
ya i don't think it will tho
We've just had our biggest failed run
ouch
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wait whats happening to Chad
I'm going to kill myself
It was getting consistent
And then it was like
NOPE
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Wait
Wouldn't mun and rwdc overlap today then?
ya
but jen isnt going to the mun meeting
Ohhh
That was still one of the most savage things you have ever said
"Oh look jenns leaving again after another hard working day at botball"
oh lmao
ya she would murder me if she heard that
Meet any Ellies at MIT?
lol no
Wat
well there was one girl
shes a prefrosh. im gonna see her again at visitas
LOL
So she's like you?
Wait you guys planned to see each other again?
Wow
You slayer
no no shes also got into harvard
we said we would meet up at visitas
Boiii
You out there slaying
Sick, love sick?
jeezus
🐱
🐱
its actually crazy cuz i was messaging her like back in december
cuz she was in a harvard group chat and we talked in pm
and on the first day i bump into her as one of the first people i met
Destiny?
shut up lol
were just friends
tho shes pretty cute ngl
but we dont k eachother well enough
I'll be your wingman
I'll fall over on my board
And then you can take it
Say this is how it's really done
Shred the roads at 50mph
And impress her
What does she look like?
https://www.facebook.com/saradduu
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^Link^
Wow her last name is almost yours
Holy shit she lives in UCLA?
She's breaking all your standards!
Jk hk
What is she interested in?
Also tech?
Sara du, Justin yu
Du yu
Do yu
Do you
Perfect
wow
ya shes into CS
she also loves going to hackathons
This is too good man
If she also has an artistic side
Then remember
Don't say you're precious to me and that you enjoy your time together
Just go for the kiss
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🐱
what r u doing in boston?
ROS meet
The gocart robot looks like a fridge and oven lol
sicc
If you wanna come you should sign up asap
i think ill pass for this one
Whoa
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First time I saw messenger fail
woah
Should I submit this as a big?
Big
Bug
Not big bug
Just bug
lol
i mean u could if u wabt
I'll fucking due the shit out of zuck
BETTER LAWYER UP ASSHOLE
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Now you just have a red mark lol
Should I report it? Kinda wanna explore this myself
Wed, Apr 18th 2018, 12:24 am
Damn sam destroyed you
Did you want aiyadiah to come lol
ya wow
nah she was alrready going shopping tomorrow
so I said we could meet up
but turns out shes not goung shopping
Oh
Wow wanna meet up with her huh
You sure you ain't got a thing going on with her?
ya im sure lol
i dont like her in that way
Just really close friends?
i mean
pretty flise friends
*close
So who would be a really close friend then lol
Btw shouldn't you be getting sleep rn if you were just sick lol
ya
🐱
What are you doing so late
literslly nothinf lol
i have no good reason to be awake
Are ya just chatting with ppl or something
ya lol
Go get em tiger
Are ya talking about angsty life stuff or just chilling lol
talkinf about life stuff with sarah
mainly girls lol
LOL
I was right on the money
I was suspecting something along those lines
It'll be alright man, you'll meet the perfect someone one day
girls = angst life stuff
:'(
Are you just feeling lonely and stufd
nah nit reallt ae just got in a conversation and it went to girls
Here's some not super edgy but kinda along your style of songs
https://youtu.be/nBAExYOYA3k
https://youtu.be/ygmZ8hZPix8
https://youtu.be/h6-h1gIwwSI
Saint motel is hella good
For Elise is a nice twist on the classic chords
Oh I just realized
I still need to buy you some cold ones
Thu, Apr 19th 2018, 10:56 am
yo Roy boi
when ru getting here?
Shit
Just woke up
Coming
Fri, Apr 20th 2018, 2:24 am
what are your thoughts on this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp7eSUU9oy8&list=RDKp7eSUU9oy8&index=1
the image is really creepy lol
Geezus dude what are you doing up so late
i kinda just didn't wanna sleep
but i have actual work i need to finish
for winmun
Ooh gam I I
wbu
Gambino
I was doing rwdc
ofc
lol
This was the song from the beginning of get out
It became a meme for a bit
I think it's alright
Not something I would specifically search out to listen to rn
Are you into it?
oh really?
i heard of it bc there was an acappella group at MIT that performed this
It's probably cuz I heard it so much already lol
and i didn't like it at first but i listened to it a few times and its not bad
tho also not really my type of music
Ahh ic ic
Some of the modern rap and trap crap coming out I can't get behind
But songs like that I like
You've been staying up late a lot recently...
psh im fineeee
Are you just thinking more about the future since high schools essentially done?
ya i guess
i'm kinda just staying up cuz i don't want to sleep tho
i just don't feel tired yet
That could be all the sugar from yesterday coursing through your veins lol
1997 from saint motel I think you should check out
It's got that kinda slow but still fast enough slight melancholy vibe
I saw one comment that said something about how the song can really closely describe the cult mass suicide in 1997
So that's kinda morbid
oh wut
Ikr didn't expect that
Fri, Apr 20th 2018, 1:02 pm
Is vara alright lol
I saw what happened
lol he's salty
Chad can pick up botguy?
Be careful man
We don't want to overload the servos
Which will fry our ports lol
ya we just wanted to see what would happen lol
tho if somehow we can revamp the claw a bit, there's a crazy idea we had
Junior can pick up Botguy and set it on top of Chads claw and all Chad needs to do is lift itself up and drive forward a bit and boom
lol only 70% meming
...
we'll see I suppose lol
btw r u doing senior assassin?
it's not mandatory?
well theres a sign up for it
and u don't have to sign up
lol they're not gonna make shooting ppl with water guns mandatory
maybe I'll do it
everyone knows where I live and my path though lol
you should it'll be fun
but ya it would be super easy to get u ngl
what happens after you get your target though
the target is out, and you get your target's target
ooohhh
what do you get if you win??
*?
lol
$20 from Ethan
are you serious
I'm kinda afraid of getting electronics wet
lol
well just don't bring electronics everywhere
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you're telling me that?
🐱
you're doing it?
ya
I honestly probably won't know who my target is
Sat, Apr 21st 2018, 10:06 am
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this surprised me
Harvard's engineering school is only 10 years old
Hey I found Harvard's robot
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Holy fuck only ten
And wow that's a pretty big R-hex type robot
Is there any special feature/innovation to it besides the tail?
Were you able to get its specs?
Lol wait I'm nerding out again
How's it going over there?
Sat, Apr 21st 2018, 7:54 pm
https://www.cbinsights.com/research/artificial-intelligence-top-startups/?utm_source=CB+Insights+Newsletter&utm_campaign=c477d67c89-Top_Research_Briefs_03_31_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9dc0513989-c477d67c89-86480197
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The 100 startups on our list have raised $11.7B in aggregate funding across 347 deals.
AI is starting to show up a bit more in terms of recent articles in my robo feed
I think you should take a look at this
Also China is aiming to be the center of AI in the world by the time we're 20-30
They have a lot of free data with no regards for privacy so they can do some speedy dev work
Sun, Apr 22nd 2018, 8:00 pm
how's rwdc?
We finished
Got most creative LOL
Got some good networking done with the judges and older ppl though
Met a really inspirational person
I'll gush about her to you tomorrow probably
awwwwww
🐱
She's 20
damn
She also got rejected from every college she applied to
she a cougar?
Even after working at the Robotics institute, northman gunthrop
Now she's been with Microsoft 3 times
SpaceX
Etc
Also combated life threatening scoliosis
Double majoring in CS and mathematical physics
Also she's in the honors program and she's a senior
Did I mention that she's only 20?
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She was also apparently dirt poor so she had to win like every scholarship under the sun so now she has no debt
She's the fucking definition of it's not where you go but what you make
No she's not a cougar lol
I got her email and LinkedIn
Mon, Apr 23rd 2018, 12:00 am
aww that's really cool
Her opening line during the alumni talk was like
My hardware is up in space with SpaceX heavy falcon
That shut the room up and got kids to straighten up lol
Mon, Apr 23rd 2018, 8:53 am
damn
Mon, Apr 23rd 2018, 9:43 pm
just woke up completely
what's going on?
lol
roy u old fuck
uh senior assassins is going on onw
its spicy
Max and David msg'd me today apparently
I'm guessing I was one of their targets?
no you're not
🐱
are you trying to mind game me rn
but we're all collaborating
no
lol unless they are mindgaming me
but i'm 99% certain they have who they say they have
who do u have?
what advantage would I gain if I told you
well i would k i could trust u
and u would k u could trust me
and we could share information
that's what I'm doing with most of my friends
who knows though
what if I can trust you
but you can't trust me this time
jk
I have lulu
here's some proof
oh shit
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i'm suppose to tell her if i k who had her :/ i won't tho
but now i feel bad
i have Caroline Conway
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lmaoo dude you're going to try to peg one of the nicest and upstanding ppl in the school?
you bad boi you
and yeh I feel kinda guilty having lulu lol
ya lol
idk how I would get her though lol
hmm
oh wait nvm
well i think its eaiser bc shes someone u k
Friday I have cyber cafe
with her
nicee
is senior skip day on May 1st?
no i think its the 4th
actually id
eh that's something to worry about later
lulu just asked me if I had her lol
when I mentioned if we still have cyber cafe on friday
should I tell her?
lol
i mean
why would u
lol oh no why did u ask her
just to confirm
I'm kinda dumb at this I think
u shouldve asked Mark
fuk tru
the group chat is still around
or that
or u couldve asked me to ask the group chat
or u could've literally asked anyone else besides lulu
lmao its all good
but i think she suspects you now
nah she basically knows now lol
🐱
welp oops
idk how to do this now
what if I just don't get her
well then nothing will happen until someone gets you out
I'm usually in the school or at home lol
and I only skate in early morning or night
I feel like I'm fairly safe
lol but ur so close to the school
yeh that's tru
lmao fuk
just gotta always skate now
Huh
Just as Hannah told me that she's taking a break from social media for a bit
A girl I was childhood friends with started to message me out of the blue
wow
fate is tryna hook u up
is the girl a pothead
She lives in cali now
And says she likes video games, reddit and making art
oooh
is she from texas
Pennsylvania
fuk I feel so disorganized
idk what's going on in school, botball, RWDC might have another thing
I have emails to send out and to look at
feels a bit off for some reason
Tue, Apr 24th 2018, 5:32 pm
You got an ETA?
Foxy Roxy called you.
This is for the chapter 11 stuff due tomorrow
1. https://www.hudson.k12.oh.us/cms/lib08/OH01914911/Centricity/Domain/402/Chap%2013%20Group%201.pdf 2. http://www.cpp.edu/~skboddeker/132/assign/ch13h.htm 3. https://guce.oath.com/collectConsent?ccSessionId=1_cc-session_29899517-ca24-4960-ac56-39cb7ea24322&lang= 4. http://www.cpp.edu/~skboddeker/121/notes/121ch12.htm 5. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20131204121158AA9KfJA&guccounter=1
Chap 11 Eng (Homework) 1. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20150405074312AACxaGI 2. https://web.njit.edu/~gary/111/assets/HW11_SOL.pdf 3. https://www3.nd.edu/~mhildret/phys10310/lectures/LectureCh11.pdf 4. https://web.njit.edu/~gary/111/assets/HW11_SOL.pdf 5. https://web.njit.edu/~gary/111/assets/HW11_SOL.pdf
Chapter 10 Extra 1. http://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/khalid.bukhari/phys2325-4/sample-solutions/solution-ch-10 2. I kinda BS'd it, no one could figure it out I think lol, but this is what my BS was semi based on: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080422073629AAfOGpT 3. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20151030152414AA9m9j8 4. https://web.njit.edu/~gary/111/assets/HW9_SOL.pdf 5. 23/48 * MR^2 * w^2 (w is little omega)
Chapter 12 Eng #1 (Homework) 1. https://web.njit.edu/~gary/111/assets/HW12_SOL.pdf 2. https://www.hudson.k12.oh.us/cms/lib08/OH01914911/Centricity/Domain/402/chapter%2012%20HW%20solutions%2015-16.pdf 3. http://www.cpp.edu/~skboddeker/131/131hw/ch12h.htm 4. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080512143005AAE3mr5 5. http://apphysc.weebly.com/uploads/8/0/0/2/80028204/merged_document.pdf
Took me a bit to re-find all the links
let me know if you have any trouble with anything, I can send you screenshots and try to explain some stuff then
aw thanks man
tho Carlson extended the webassigns to the wrong date so i don't have to do them tonight
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Wed, Apr 25th 2018, 8:47 am
Btw
Carlson mentioned in class he might move the gravity webassign due dates up
is that the ones due tonight
There's also one due tomorrow and I think Friday or Monday
shit
Don't forget to talk to haver today too
ya lol i already made a bs progress log
Ayyyy
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/amazon-home-robots
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Domestic robots are hard, but rumor has it that Amazon wants in
There's been some news that amazon is trying to break into the home robot market
Something about a useful moving Alexa
ooh
ya Amazon is trying to break into every market lol
Feels like they're trying to be a more ambitious google
I didn't know amazon even had the resources or infrastructure to try to put their hands into so many markets
Like what ever happened to blue origin or whatever it was called
it's still running
its just less of a media-grabbing company than spaceX
Really?? I thought that it wasn't able to actually reach space space
ya they can't yet
Is it really that good of a business plan to stretch your resources into so many R&D projects that aren't necessarily connected?
well it's not a business plan for amazon
it's just owned by Jeff bezos
Is he just trying really hard to be as popular as Musk then lol
nah blue origin is older than spacex
Then what's his goal with it?
it's pretty much the same goal
musk just did it better in less time lol
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Damn
oh apparnetly it's first goal was a suborbital space vehicle
Wat
That's quite the news
but then they switched in 2007 to "patiently and step-by-step, to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can better continue exploring the solar system"
probably in response to spacex
Poor bezos, the media just kind of glosses him over a bit with musky around
ya
Wed, Apr 25th 2018, 2:17 pm
Do you have track today?
ETA? Crazy plan
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
coming
Thu, Apr 26th 2018, 7:32 am
welp
I was gonna tell u that I found out Edmund doesn't have u
but ur dead lol
who killed u?
Kate Ryan
I think Edmond has ben
nope he has Shane Gindel
confirmed
Who da fuk is Shane lol
lol he's in our grade
I mean it is called senior assass
Oops pressed enter too early
i heard they snuck into ur house
Lol kind of
Sad times
rip
u shouldve told ur parents not to let ppl in
they're too used to random ppl going to ur house
feels bad
Thu, Apr 26th 2018, 10:50 am
Wait shiz Allen booze Hamilton is a bit more military consulting than I expected
wdym
In an email they were talking about how I can be a part of the acquisition of contracts, management, and consulting processes
But no mention of any R&D
Does this mean I'll be with
_business people_
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Thu, Apr 26th 2018, 2:57 pm
You almost done with the test? Brando is waiting for the wallaby
oh shit
ya I'm coming down now
Got an ETA?
I've just been helping junior get back on their feet
Thu, Apr 26th 2018, 10:58 pm
What you need to know: Max --> Chloe Russell --> Heffernan --> Charlie --> Me Ben feeds Charlie information that I would be home at 10 PM. I get home around 6 PM, I have my hose system all set and ready. At around 8:30, Charlie and her hitsquad roll up and park right outside my garage, headlights on and music blasting. They were super obvious. I call up Heffernan, he drives over, parks somwhere else and runs through a neighbors yard and hides in a bush right next to my driveway. Then, I call Max who's at Botball. Charlie still thinks I'm at botball at this pt. I ask Max to drive over and pretend to be dropping me off to lure Charlie out. Around 9:30, Max arrives at my house, pulls into the driveway. Charlie gets out and runs towards max and starts shooting him, thinking he's me. Heffernan comes out and shoots Charlie (tho there's some dispute, Charlie claims she shot first). PLOT TWIST: Right behind Charlie is Chloe Russell. None of us planned for her to be there. Chloe comes from behind and shoots Heffernan, then Max grabs his gun from his car and shoots Chloe. At this point I'm not raining down hell from the window with my hose and I drench both Charlie and Chloe just for the hell of it. Charlie and Chloe leave drenched and Max and I are the sole survivors
holy shit this just happened
Fri, Apr 27th 2018, 10:37 am
holy shit
that's like from a movie scene LOL
does that mean Max has you as a target now?
nope Charlie is still alive
so he has fcharlie
Ahhh
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Sat, Apr 28th 2018, 6:10 am
A couple things
1. Do we know if the vivs have the correct printouts like the code
2. Is max going to come back and I'll load more into his car or
they had the right ones yesterday
no, we already loaded the trunk
and there are 3 passengers in the back
Hmmm
Is there anyone else that's stopping by so I can load the rest of the robos?
Jeremy can
Aight
My internet is being spotty, can you message him or does he already kno
also I can ask Iman to
I'll do it
Sounds good I'll just be packing up the rest
You left your laptop here btw lol
Think I'll have enough time to skate over and hand it off to you?
oh shit
ya or u could hand it to me when you come over to the school
oh Iman is gonna come over at some pt and pick up stuff as well
Mon, Apr 30th 2018, 2:30 am
YOU KNOW THE WHEELED AND FOUR LEGGED ROBOTS THAT WERE IN THE DARPA ROBOTICS CHALLENGE?
YEAH THAT'S RIGHT
THEY DIDN'T WIN
YOU KNOW WHO DID WIN
A TWO LEGGED ROBOT
Legs are the most elegant solution to locomotion
Mon, Apr 30th 2018, 7:18 am
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0TaYhjpOfo
Every human on this earth has fallen before
Also that half body thing is creepy af
which half is it?
that's right
legs are creepy af
That's only if they're uncanny
And most are not
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that's still pretty creepy
The wifi is so crappy it didn't load for me yet
So out of sight
Out of being creepy
Ooh I saw it now
It's NASAs robonaut
Don't be discriminatory
Robot designers have feelings too
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ok u perv
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I wanna meet someone who can identify robots on the spot and then we can have a robo ID off
And ironically, despite loving robo legs I do not have a fetish for legs
only for robotic legs
It's not a fetish
It's an extreme passion
lmao
and furrys have an extreme passion for humanoid animals
no that's different
cuz they wanna get some fuk
Mon, Apr 30th 2018, 10:11 pm
I'm starting to realize that our ambitions will probably determine where we live and who we interact with more than our will
wdym more than our will
We can't really just say I like being with this group of people and so I'll live here
To be fair it was never really a choice we've had
But it's strange to think bout it
ya true
well
that's only true for high school life cuz you live wherever ur parents chose
but you could toally do that when your an adult
its just up to if you prioritize ppl over other factors
Tue, May 1st 2018, 8:07 am
BuT wHAt iF tHE oTheR FaCTorS ArE OuR hOpEs aNd dReAmS
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I woke up not too long ago lmao
lol
u shouldn't skip and come with us
Nah I still promised tomorrow
u can skip both tho lol
That's a lotta skipping lol
pshhh
nahhh
just call in sick
it's senior yearrrr enjoy it
Nah I just don't want an N lol
your not gonna get an N tho
with 2 absenses
come ooooooooon
spend more time with the boiiis
I gotta manage my time mannn
lol what if we convince u in person
;)
lol if I'm being annoying lmk
You called Foxy Roxy.
wait a sec idk how long I can do stuff tonight
need to grind out more work than I expected
Tue, May 1st 2018, 1:52 pm
yo
have u seen Caroline in school?
also are u down to play board games after school
I haven't seen her
Maybe
I'm going to the beach tomorrow btw
Sarah wanted me to tell you
Tue, May 1st 2018, 5:18 pm
ok
Tue, May 1st 2018, 8:22 pm
committed to MIT
:D
Wed, May 2nd 2018, 6:26 am
congrats!!!
I fell asleep pretty early yesterday lol
lol
we watched there will be blood
duuudeee
shit's intense
I'll drink your fucking milkshake
*SHHLLLURRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPP
btw we're leaving at 10 to the beach so you can hop on
ya ik
i have to do something for winblock but sarah said you guys are leaving afterwards
yeh prets much
I'm just grinding out work rn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqu3WcfetgA
Here ya go btw
Thu, May 3rd 2018, 2:41 pm
Wait shit dude
I have the work thing today
And it's formal af
And now I have this stupid hickey looking thing on my neck
Should I try to cover it up with a bandaid or something lol
lol
nah u should flex on them
what's the work thing?
Thu, May 3rd 2018, 9:12 pm
Holy shit the connections came full circle
Joyce from MassRobotics knows Jonathan Hurst and Marc Raibert on a first name basis apparently
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apparently Buzz is shutting down a taco bell on campus so they fucking did this
they truly are the meme lords
Fri, May 4th 2018, 6:51 am
yeye I saw
lol
Fri, May 4th 2018, 7:02 pm
Hmmm I hope I didn't seem douchey
When I was talking about NEU
Idk why I got heated when I got off the waitlists
Strange
nah you're fine
are u considering it if it's the same price as osu?
It's definitely not the same price lol
Idk it's strange
OSU has the better robotics program and stuff
But NU is known more and is technically better ranked
And it's in a better location
Idk
I'll be in the area anyway during the summer and I'm sure I'll be keeping my connections up and going to events here anyway so the location part is kinda eh
I honestly don't know
well
there's a big difference in terms of connections over 4 years
but I think OSU still fits u
especially u already got a big hookup from hurst
So you're saying the connection possibility at NU is better?
the only downside to OSU is ur going into a very very specific field from the getgo
might not have as much opportunity to explore
most of ur connections and field experience will all be linked to legged robots and agility as well
What would I explore at NU that OSU doesn't have though
cuz I'm assuming there aren't a lot of other robotics stuff at osu
Nah OSU is the steward for ROS
They got more
like other types of engineering, or just other ya k --more viable-- fields
I thought that first
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But that wouldn't make any sense
They couldn't have risen to top four in such little time based solely on legged locomotion
And yeh you're right about that probs
I mean I want to keep a healthy relationship with MassRobotics as much as possible since they're becoming the center point of robotics and the community here in general it seems
And knowing Joyce and her helping me already is probably already a good sign of that
But you're warning me that that connection won't last come four years time?
no I'm saying u can't necessarily garuntee you'll keep that connection if ur in Oregon
Are friendly email updates not enough lol
lol well it's not the same at least
Yeh the connections here are a lot better and diverse
Hmm idk I'll have to think about it
Hurst is a big dude in the field and NU's profs (no offense I'm just being objective) are not as prominent right now and the chances they make a breakthrough that I can help or be a part of in four years is rather slim
Overhearing one of the profs complaining that he and his team has to fix Valkeryie more than test doesn't raise my hopes up either
ya
I think u should go to OSU
there's a chance at NU you could be lost in a crowd of Asian roboticists
since you've already made connections with Hurst and you have such a specific interest, you would definitely get more opportunities in legged robots at osu
You saying that I'm not good enough of a roboticist to stand out in NU?
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I'm saying u look like every other Asian aadhya points at
I have crazier hair
And I longboard
Wait srsly though that's quite the point you bring up
What makes you think that I would get lost in the crowd in NU as compared to OSU despite OSU having the much better robo shiz
bc there are more ppl pursuing the same thing as you
Is it because there are a lot more general "I like robots" ppl at NU but if you're at OSU then it's kinda already a given that you would be hardcore cuz why else would you be in the magic forest of Oregon
well I don't think most ppl would call osu an "engineering" school. probably most of their ppl are naturalists or some shit
that means they have a good robotics program and resources divided between less ppl
opposite at nu
That's a good point
OSU less known in engineering in general but huge spike in robotics which means more stuff for me potentially
NU known in engineering but no spike and less stuff for me and more competition
But then what about connections like you said, that shits hella important
OSU has the upper hand in robotics professors and overall deep academic connections (RI, Michigan, Agility->other bigger startups)
But NU has the whole coop thing they keep bragging about and Boston -> keeping me updated with the robo stuff going down here
I honestly can't tell which would be better lol
well
how sure are you that u wanna pursue legged robots
it kinda comes down to that
if ur certain, than the connections at OSU are also better than NU
Bruh you should know how certain I am
And plus even if I ultimately say nah
It's arguably one of the hardest sub fields of robotics so it's not like I'll be waking out with no skills
ok than OSU
Your not gonna find a place with better connections in legged robots
think of all the ppl Hurst can hook u up with
If buzz says yes we might have this convo again just warning ya lol sorry
lol np
That's the scary part though a lot of this is banking on Hurst and his team
I know Joyce from MassRobotics is even connected to him and she said he's a really nice guy
But that still a big bank
well think of how many freshmen he meets who are into legged robots
Yeh good point
Yeh OSU just has really strange pluses that is exclusive to it it would seem
It's existence will forever confound me
lol zame
Who would've thunk that the school known for its oceanography and forestry environmental shiz
Also harbors a powerhouse robotics institute
and Ros
Yeh right lol
lol
don't pull a mike
stay safe!
I can't find the terminal
?
It's rather empty here
the what
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Wait oops
lmao I'm getting worried
u better meming me rn
I am not
uh
ru ok?
Nah
Wait yes I'm ok lol
I'm not drunk
Nor high
I'm just here with ajay
We're out of place rn lol
ah ok
Ok now I'm memory
Memeing
Ready
ANOTHER BOTTLE FINISHED
IM SO CRAZY
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ARE THOSE MY SHOES??
NEXT LEVEL SELFIE
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oh gawd
Oh there's more people now
Ppl are in the water now
We should clean this place up
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hmmm
I can't shake off this feeling that I kinda wasted my time
at echo?
Yeh
First time that I felt this way for a while
I'm grateful that Emily drove me and stuff
But I'm strangely stuck on the feeling that I could've done something else
I suppose the keyword here is "could"
I should just sleep on it, time already passed
Sat, May 5th 2018, 9:14 am
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woahhh booz Allen has an office at CIC
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damn they're like the main sponsor
Sat, May 5th 2018, 6:08 pm
what the heck lol
that seems like another small station
why are they there? For the innovations?
also: "I try to teach my students that no matter what software you write you cannot program a rock to fly" - Jonathan Hurst
good quote
I gotta say though, during the banquet thing for the interns
the Raytheon people were kinda obnoxious
just wouldn't shut up about "how great Raytheon is"
is this what pride looks like
it's a banquet you don't need to overadvertise
lmao ya u told me
damn u seem to be pretty heated about that lol
Was I? Did I?
Oh wait was this when I was kinda tired lit in study hall
Ray Rays lol
ya lol
ray rays
What do you think are the chances that I could hitch hike to the free parts place on June 5?
um
none
hitchhiking is not a thing in suburban Massachusetts lol
damnit
whoa
if you think about it
Uber and Lyft are just organized high-tech hitchhiking
well
kinda lol
or crowdsourced taxi service
same thing
luckily it's not a crowdsourced machine learning taxi service
then it would turn into racist and homophobic AI cars running around killing people on the streets
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Sarah where u at
I meant Justin
As in you
lol
I'm at a family event
I won't be back until like 10
or 10:15
not sure if I can make the study session
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Sarah says you have to go
Or else she'll yell at you
she yells at me anyways :(
She said vines
Vibes
No but srs you have to come
I'm just quoting her now
She's trying to get you more social
Lol
but but but
my bed is comfy
also I need to be home by 11:30 so I would only stay there for like 30 min lol
You have a curfew?
ya kinda
well it's a loose curfew but my parents want me home theb
I never knew lol
Sat, May 5th 2018, 11:57 pm
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the whimper is what got me
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Are you actually going to climb VO rn
Be careful out there!
Apparently ppl saw a drug deal going on yesterday night so be wary
Otherwise enjoy the night haha
lol
maybe we can get in on it
Well there are some stories of people coming up with great algorithms and designs while high off their asses
So high that they could see the problem in a new light
Wait a sec
I just thought of an interesting question
You know how you said that you want to be remembered
Would you be okay with the idea of being forgotten only to be resurfaced
like what happened with Van Gogh
Or George Boolean
And subsequently the common thread that seems to be strung along with living a short but delayed impactful life
Sun, May 6th 2018, 1:26 pm
hmm
i don't think there's a big difference
Mon, May 7th 2018, 8:52 am
Cuz the end result is the same?
Holy shit
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They think ppl can afford this???
rip
That's insane lol
well technically its pretty normal
for colleges of the same size and caliber
Is it really worth it though
It's guaranteed debt
If only Bernie sanders made it
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financially it is worth it according to evidence
but maybe not specifically NU
lol
Which school is worth that much debt
If every school that was on my list cost that much I would be going to Oregon no matter what lol
And what da heck is the evidence
well
if you calculate the average increase that college adds to your paycheck, you indirectly pay for college in about 5 - 10 years
You know I don't care about pay
the reason ppl stay in student debt for longer than that is bc they use up their earnings to improve their life quality
I just care about what kind of shit I can get, from connections to parts to teams
that's the spirit
lol
But I don't think those are worth 70k unless Marc Raibert is your fucking personal mentor
And you would get access to BDs team and parts
Oh shit I'm drooling
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Srs though
Is Stanford really worth 60-70k
ya it is
lol
Is it really that amazing of a school
I don't see it
well the effective cost for stanford is much lower anyways
but i think you're taking it too much at face value
But I'm a one sided guy who doesn't believe in Stanford robotics since it's like bleh ever since ROS dudes generation lefg
the raise in salary that you get alone will pay for the cost within a decade, and that's not counting all the connections and opportunities you will get
and also if you want to talk cost effective, Robotics is probably not the best field to look at
I think that's only applicable to ppl who don't have a very specific field they know they want to enter
maybe it isn't worth for robotics
Lol we just reached the same point pretty quickly
nah i still think it is tho
i just don't know enough about stanfrod robotics to make a full opinoin
I would say the Robotics Institute might MIGHT be worth but it's a graduate school and costs like 40k instead
but 60k - 70k is nothing if you take advantage of the opportunities at the college
The psychology majors at Stanford are not going to be able to make that back
I think this only applies to tech entrepreneurship
Otherwise it seems a bit overbearing
again ppl don't pay 60k to go to stanford
ppl pay like 40k
and ofc they will be able to make it back
Hmmm I don't know enough data of how much Stanford BA ppl make after graduating undergrad
All I know from a roboticist perspective that's rather pricy for what you get there
it's a $82,000 starting salary
But what field though
BA
it doens't list by field, just by degree
All the generalizations of money ultimately mean nothing if it doesn't hold a true average among individuals
I swear to god if the art history degree gets you 80k from Stanford I'm going to cry
Average Psychology majors with a bachelor's degree started out at a median of $35,700
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so even tho we don't know Stanford's psych major starting salary i'm betting it's above $35,700 if they're getting an average of 82,000
Above 35k can still mean like 45k lol
ya but Psychology is one of the applicable BA fields lol
Art history is probably like 45K
Ok if we meet a super successful and amazing person who paid full price at Stanford I'll rescind my previous statement
wdym
there are a ton of super succesffuly STanford students
But as long as that fucking paper skull robot shit video exists I don't believe in Stanford
Robotics
Robotics wise
i don't think u can judge Stanford just on its robtoics program
since its such a minor part of the school
MINOR
ROBOTICS MINOR
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triggered
lol
Jk
i feel like you're a little too focused on Robotics
sometimes
not that its a bad thing, but also I don't think you should measure everything by their proficiency in robotics
You just watch me @_@
I'll judge the shit out of places based on robos
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hey don't forget also you probably make back like 20k from your Stanford tuition just on how much free weed you'll get
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Yeh but Oregon is made out of weed
oh shit ur right
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As marijuana legalization becomes more popular and more states decriminalize the use and sale of cannabis products, Amer...
damnnn you're getting the best deal on your weed
Mon, May 7th 2018, 5:58 pm
LOL
wtf Washington
didn't expect them
and yeh bruh
I know my weed
my Mary Jane
my wacky tobaccy
Think you'll ever try weed?
I'll probably try it
but I don't imagine I'll do it a lot
*flash forward five years*
true
I might pull a gabe
that would be insane
I would sell you so much weed
we could make a weed empire
lmaoo
I'll manufacture the leaves you send me in the basements of MIT into finished products
leaves delivered by legged robots
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we'll start at universities
and then the public
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If control theory of robots eventually reach the point of where they need AI (which I predict they will once they get the foundations of locomotion down) I'll be sure to contact ya
hmmm
sorry to bring it up again but I really do trust your opinion lol
WPI just gave me 10k a year
bringing down the price to 40k
actually you know what
fuk it
what the hell am I doing
the answer is just going to be OSU anyway
ya
lol
I can't find a good reason you would want to go to wpi over osu
I can see the argument for NU
what was the argument for NU again?
was it just connections and a better CS program lol
hindsight bias, ap psychology
lol
ya better connections, better city, wider range of options
wait, what do you mean by options
of fields of study and research
yOu MeAn mAJorS nOT reLAtiNg tO RobOtICs?
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pshh
there's a shit ton of nature kids around Oregon
I'm sure I'll "explore"
"Oregon State University Fish And Wildlife Group"
what the
Mon, May 7th 2018, 10:32 pm
lol
woahh my mom went to high school with Matt Li's mom
the old Botball captain
Oh shit I read that as that she went to high school with Matt Li and so I was about to question how old you really are
And that's pretty wild, the chances for that happening must be rather small
ya apparently they both lived in Winchester for like 8 years before realizing the other was in the same town
they ran into eachother at a school event or smthn
apparently Matt Li graduated Cornell already in 3.5 years, with both a Bachelors and a Masters degree
Wait shit what
I knew that he graduated undergrad early
But I had no idea he had a masters too?!
Wait at fuking Cornell Engineering too???
Bruh
How the
Wait what
My mind
That's insane
No matter how good we think we are there's an old botball captain better than us
Tue, May 8th 2018, 10:14 am
wait
now that I think about it
why does BD get so much media attention
they've been posting robo vids for a while but it wasn't until like 2016-2017 when they _really_ started getting traction I think
is it really that people are awed by their results?
ya I think so
I mean they're consistent and the robots are kinda flashy
are they really that "consistent" doe
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as in they consistently post content lol
and they keep having new robots every few months for inexplicable reasons
I refute that adjective, tis not inexplicable, the answer is simple, they somehow got money so they make robots
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I gotta say
I really do wish I could've visited OSU's campus
going in so blind feels so strange
maybe that's why I was wavered by the waitlists even though I stated before that I would not be wavered
bUt tHE 3D toUr
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I literally skipped most of the tour and stayed on their robotics lab, the Coris Institute
so that's actually on me lol
lmao
I'm literally banking everything on the robotics lab going in, I see what you mean by its good to be able to branch out lol
you could've scouted out good places to board
problem is what would I branch out to
aRT HisTOrY?
art gistory
damn
u beat me
lmaoo, that's pretty funny that we can do that
and shiz you right, I should've taken a look at the roads
surprisingly, Kota Weaver thinks the general growth of tech and robotics may be bad for society
I gotta say I'm on the optimistic side
bad in what way?
his reasoning for it was things such as hacking will become more prevalent and dangerous as tech becomes more integrated into society. The advancement of tech and without increase of education and the such will increase the wealth gap, etc.
stuff like that
ok true I do think technological advancement will increase social inequality if we're not careful
but even if the gap increases, everyone's standard of living collectively rises
but isn't "equality" of standard of living also based on perspective
rn we're doing fine, but come 70 years our way of living could be seen as rather low and "first world problems" then could become the bad shiz
lmao wtf am I saying
it makes it sound like future ppl are pussies
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Hmmm even if the wage gap is huge
If the amount of crippling poor ppl is small
Is that not an improvement?
ya I think it's an improvement
for example China's income inequality increased a lot in the past 60 years, but their poverty rate also dropped drastically
rip i just realized I have to take the AP Latin late exam on the 24th so I will have to leave at like 11 AM from the robotics conference
Bruh
Do you really need Latin
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Are you going to be gone next Friday?
lol no
nah I just didn't want to take a test
on the last day of school
this was like in March when I turned in my AP form
Tue, May 8th 2018, 9:00 pm
wait so you skipped that so that you would have to come back to school for one day days later to take latin?
ya
i dont really want to miss the countdown
not gonna lie, I do not understand that
well its more for sentimental value, cuz high school is over
and also I assume we're gonna be doing something on the last day of school
then again I thought that the concept of echo is a waste of time to myself (not saying that it is for everyone else, but to me)
you sentimental fuk, and here I thought you were the one with the lower humanity score
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idk why, but I've been thinking about robots non-stop for a while now
like before it was also constant, but now it's getting intense
its like I'm getting unhealthily obsessed
maybe it's cuz school is almost over and I know I have time to delve in as much as I want soon, esp in college
oh yeh, you should start webassign if you haven't already
ppl be dying
oh i just finished
wait isn't it just kinematics
i thought it was fine
wait wut
as long as the object goes in a straight line, i'm ok
bruh
LOL
but the moment spinny shit happens
:'(
I'm stuck on 2b rn, but I just realized I didn't convert the fuking units to metric
fuking imperial ass shit, tedious non-essential piece of crap measuring system
ya that was so annoying
well u don't convert to metric, just convert to feet per second
it's an itch that I must satisfy, must convert
drinking spoiled milk really makes you dump a lot btw
just an observation I learned that might be useful in the future
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roy this is why we're single
motherfuking answer is in ft
yeh :'(
hey at least Aiyadiah thinks you're cute
or at least your MIT shirt was cute
but let's give it the benefit of the doubt
lol
did you get around 9 ft?
I got 9.4003 ft, not sure if that's right though
yup
i got 8.889
lmao fuk I'm on my last try
do you want the equation i used?
just to check
yeh sure
I'm going to start over again too
Bs = Bike max speed Ba = Bike Accel Cs = Car max speed Ca = Car Accel 1. Bike distance = 0.5(Ba)(Bs/Ba)^2+Bs(Bs/Ca - Bs/Ba) 2. Car distance = 0.5(Ca)(Bs/Ca)^2 Max distance = (1.) - (2.)
LMAO I GOT 13 FEET
oops didn't mean caps
aight, time to check with your stuff I suppose
you did everything in feet right?
yup
so for velocity it was ft/s and accel it's ft/s^2
yup
fuk it really is 13 ft??
welp
what are your numbers
nah it's correct lol
thanks man
I like how you kept the equations simplified and used the given numbers in variable form
very elegant
lol thanks
this is another indication perhaps as to why we don't have gf
rip
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holy crap I forgot an article at the end of my previous message
I think I've been hanging around Jenn too much
jk jk
wow you filthy foreigner
you're not wrong
texan immigrant to the northeast
oh sorry
i didn't know you came from a 3rd world country
damn
that was a hard jab
ouch
have you ever had moments when you move your head too fast and then everything becomes blurry and your mind just feels like mush
uh
no
i don't think thats normal
lol I searched it up and google returned stuff about anxiety and panic attacks and desensitization
don't think that's it
Roy i think u should go to the doctors
and get your entire body checked out
Psh
I don't believe in western voodoo quack medicine
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yeh I probably should
but this could just be lack of water and exercise
then u should probably drink some water
idk if lack of exercise would do it tho
maybe it's due to depression
jk jk
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/8/17332070/google-assistant-makes-phone-call-demo-duplex-io-2018
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On stage at I/O 2018, Google showed off a stunning, in-the-works capability of Google Assistant; it might someday make actual phone calls on your behalf.
apparently this is going round in the news?
"assistant can actually understand the nuances of conversation"
that's what you're into :OO
hmm idk how I feel about it being so human like, there are some subtle stuff, but overall that would be very hard to distinguish it seems
not sure how I feel about it being so human like, I'm sure there are reasons why it's a benefit, but rn it's a bit off putting
fucking impressive as all hell though
Wed, May 9th 2018, 8:45 am
Wed, May 9th 2018, 11:16 am
Holy shit BD is hiring Machine Learning people
Wed, May 9th 2018, 10:28 pm
Did Sarah just tell you off for leaving ppl on read? lol
lol yes
shit I also left u on read
I was waiting u til I finished reading the thong u sent so I could properly respond
bruh it's fine lol
don't worry about leaving me on read, I do it too sometimes and it doesn't really bother me
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it's interesting to see that for other people it's quite the offense
thanks lol
I GOT'CHU BRO
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I gotta say though
keeping up "streaks"
is kinda of a grind
lol
are you actually tryng to?
I should try to be more "sociable"
also it's easier and less time consuming than actually talking
though I feel like email is still my main point of social contact
other than messenger
wanna try to sneak into the Boston TechJam on June 14?
YO
this person Angelica Lim had an amazing idea
robotics being like the next big tech like the PC or smartphone
and instead of writing apps that people can download
people can write/make skills that people can download for their robots
Thu, May 10th 2018, 8:57 am
wait wdym
also nice job at Shakespeare day
Thanks man
I'm up again rn
I'll explain the skill idea later
good luck!
I'm coming again d block
I'm going to lose my voice
Did you see reality tv stars?
yup
Thu, May 10th 2018, 1:00 pm
also I'm gonna be in China on June 14th
June 14th to when?
June 10th to 17th
Oh that's good
Since I start work on the 25th
So we don't overlap in our absences
wdym in our absenses
oh for botball
Yeh my voice is done for lol
But on the topic of robot skills
The idea proposed
Was say you had a robot but you want it to be able to understand you better
So you simply go onto an online database of different pre created algorithms and programs for NLP other people made
Download that onto your robot and bam there you go
Or perhaps you want better manipulation for your robot
Just get a program someone wrote
It's similar to how the AppStore works for phones
If you want your phone to do X then there's a good chance someone made a program so the phone can do X
Except this time you would replace a robot with the phone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve9kWX_KXus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjSohj-Iclc aw man I just wish they would release some specs on the hardware and processing along with stats so we know how efficient the robots truly are
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve9kWX_KXus
Just when other robotics labs and companies are catching up, BD seems to take another step lol
the autonomous navigation for SpotMini has already been accomplished before by ETH Zurich with their Anymal robot, but BD's robot is much faster and agile it seems. The new gait on Atlas is pretty astonishing though, since it's actually a real running gait. It fits all the requirements
Sorry for the spam lol, but there's so much news going around rn
have you heard of probabilistic computing?
"According to Intel CTO Mike Mayberry the answer is “probabilistic computing”, which he says could be AI’s next wave."
Fri, May 11th 2018, 9:21 am
woah what
Yeah I thought you'd like to know about that
Haha I'll update you whenever I find any new tech
I'm rather under the weather rn
also for the first idea
that's basically apps for robots right?
Yeh essentially
meaning the robots would have to be very standardized
cuz even phone apps are having trouble with all the different hardware cinfigs of phones these days
Yeh the internals would have to very standardized like a what Kota's company is making
But I would argue that the end effectors could be rather different among the robots
Leading to drastically different looking and function robots
As long as the software side (probably ROS) is standardized along with the essential electronics this might work
So you have the main body
And then the Arms and platforms become plug and play components
Essentially the "core" of the robot would be the same
But the bodies would be easily swapped out
But you probably wouldn't need to swap that much
Since a treaded robot with an arm can do a lot of things already with the right software
Same goes for a humanoid, although they'll have different specs and purposes
Though robots haven't actually been able to do anything groundbreakingly useful yet so this whole idea would be way in the future if even viable at all
true, but the swapouts would still have to be standardized, compatible swapouts
it would be like "sold separately" expansion packs basically
except for robots instead of toys
Can you imagine that lol
You just grab your Alexa or google home or whatever AI assistant that you have
Plug it into a different body
And now it can not only control your home
But do so many other tasks too
Like disaster relief 🐱
or dinosaurs
Tru
Ok imma sleep now
It's so cold
damn dude
u ok?
see you shouldn't have gotten those vaccines tsk tssk
Fri, May 11th 2018, 3:08 pm
yo
u still at home?
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
Yes I'm still home
Thanks for the cold ones lol
lol
ok
feel better!
Did you guys come over just to drop these off?
Thanks!
ya but we were already downtown so
Ahh
lol tour grandparents were creepd out
it's so easy to get into ur house
When I live by myself I'm going to have insane security measures
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lol in ur tin hut?
Yes
so like
a padlock
is already way more secure than what u have now
Maybe also a camera
Not hooked up to anything
Just for the aesthetic
lmai
they actually sell a lot of those
What really
Fake cameras?
Oh and btw Intel is starting their R&D push on probabilistic computing on May 25. They sound pretty confident in what they're doing
"So we’ve been doing a certain amount of internal work and with academia, and we’ve decided that there’s enough here that we’re going to kick off a research community. The goal is to have people share what they know about it, collaborate on it, figure out how you represent probability when you write software, and how you construct computer hardware. We think this will be ... part of the third wave of AI. We don’t think we’re done there, we think there are other things as well, but this will be around probabilistic computing."
Sat, May 12th 2018, 1:35 pm
I'm still dying and loopy
But I've just been listening to robo lectures as I fade in and out of consciousness
But I remember one talk
Where Raibert of BD clearly states that their idea of making a product
Is to first ignore money and make something cool
Only then to worry and design a product that's affordable
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That explains a lot actually
Also u sure ur ok?
Sun, May 13th 2018, 10:10 am
I just wonder if that's an actual viable strategy for a business
and yeh I think I just recovered, only got a cough now
Gotta study so hard now
Shiz
i mean BD is still alilve somehow
They haven't actually sold anything lol
Before it literally was just contracts and DARPA
Sun, May 13th 2018, 8:09 pm
You went to prom already??!?!!?!
Any spicy pics?
What's it feel like to hit that milestone
Did you and her kiss while dancing to slow songs and holding each other?
Did you tell her that you love spending time with her and that she's very special to you only to have her reply that you're a good friend
Lol nah
The prom was pretty lame, we ditched early and grabbed food with her friends, then went back to her house and played cards lol
Mon, May 14th 2018, 12:16 am
Shiz
Just cards
Bruh
What happened to the whole intimate relationship part
Jk jk
Huh prom was lame? I thought given the money there must've been stuff worth to stay for
Mon, May 14th 2018, 8:49 am
Well it was $25
It's junior prom for her so it's just in the cafeteria of her school lmao
Ours will be way better
Ohhh
That's like a dance lol
Oh yeh why are we all wearing college shirts today
Is there a picture thing or is it just like a thing
It's just a senior thing
Did u not know lol
There's like a different thing each day of this week
Da fuk
Really
Btw a couple ppl said my mascot looks cool
🐱
Btw you doing bike day?
Nah
Lol the bike ride from my house is like 30 min
You live so far away
How do you get food
Wdym
I eat what's in my fridge
I mean real food
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And if that runs out I eat the plants in the yard
LOL
See when ur family's vegetarian u don't need a lawnmower
I feel like that's a line you've used multiple times in the past
I also thought of a possibly novel configuration/addition/method of a legged robot structure
I'm going to see if I can talk to a BD or Agility person at the conference and ask them if my idea is viable
Might use it as a future thesis
Wow nicee
This is before I get told to fuk off and that my idea is bad and I should feel bad
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Still kinda salt about how that NEU prof patronized me
which one?
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lol u remembred his name
was this at the Daniella Rus event
Yeh
Fuking sensors are needed for walking, if you have enough then you can walk
Cassie has no external sensing sensors and it can walk efficiently as fuk
lol
you seem bitter
Just a bit salty
Maybe cuz it's my first time getting patronized like that
The BD ppl I talked to actually went in depth with me when I talked to them, so did Aaron Ames and MIT cheetah guy Sungbae Kim
But this dude
Bruh
Oh cool thing I noticed while looking through pprs and research
Marc Raibert was the advisor for Jessica Hodgkins (big RI person and VP of Disney's research lab) and Jessica Hodgkins was the advisor for Jonathan Hurst
Ooh cool
Ya I think the legged robotics community is probably pretty small and connected
Can't tell if that's a good thing or not :,)
I feel like I might nerd out about this stuff too much
How's your AI journey going
nah you're fine
It's also educational for me bc i don't k that much about legged robots
rn, just going through the books
soooo much math and statistics lol
i feel like I need a much stronger foundation in math in order to actually do anything substantial
that's what college is for i guess
LOL you'll become an expert in legged locomotion by sheer osmosis by being friends with me
Yeh it seems like AI has so many layers to how it actually functions
Find anything interesting to nerd out about though? I too wish to learn through some osmosis
But I swear to god if you just start posting raw math equations here with no applications imma die
lol nothing specifically rn, unless u want to hear about some equations
ya i think at the pt i am rn its just equations
I've been reading a lot about multi-sided platforms tho
not AI related
Da heck is multi-sided platforms
and how the economics of a multi-sided platform is really different from traditional microeconomics
its any type of business who's product is the reduction of friction in interaction between two parties
Are you becoming a business man
so Uber, Airbnb, Facebook
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its a relatively new categorization bc they're becoming more prevalent now
Oh wait I didn't even realize that categorization existed, that's actually pretty cool
Wouldn't Google fall into that too since they reduce the friction between obtaining data and information?
ya but not for that reason
Facebook reduces your privacy, that makes sense
they connect users to various online services
for example, Wikipedia is also for obtaining data but its not a multi-sided platform
It's not?
But isn't the two parties
The people who don't know stuff
And the people who do
no bc both sides have to be customers of that platform
Like the bois provide the normies the genesis and wiki makes it easier to get the text of the genesis
Ooohh
lmao
But what significance does this categorization provide besides just being a thing ppl noticed
the reason multi-sided platforms are different is because they have multiples sides of customers to appeal to, and each side's demand is interdependent
for example, for some multisided platforms, charging negative prices makes sense
like paying customers to use your service
theres a lot of different approachs you take that would be considered crazy with traditional economics
Sounds like communism idk how I feel about commie ideals seeping into my capitalism
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Wait that's not like communism at all
Giving money to people is communism
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So if ppl piloted SpaceX rockets could SpaceX one day become like uber but in space
Communism is where the government makes a service from ur property and makes u pay for it
Lol
If privately owned rockets become a big thing
Which I don't think it will
Until we become like a true spacefaring society where there's a need to regularly go to space
Ima red blooded republican, I don't need to know how social governmental systems work I just need to be stubbornly radical on one side
You don't think it'll be a big thing ever?
That's a surprise, don't tell Elon, he might cry like when Armstrong told him that he sucks
Wait I actually never asked before
Do you think Elon's companies are actually viable and like "good" in the sense of previous successful companies like googs, fb, apple, ms, etc
ya
i think especially SpaceX is really smart
Really? Despite all its financial close calls
same with PayPal and X.com
ya
the reason he had financial close calls is cuz he basically self-funded SpaceX
and he ran out of money
also if you want to make money, a space company is probably the least profitable thing u could think of with the sheer initial R&D costs alone
think of how much NASA burns through on space R&D. I think how he made SpaceX was super brilliant and its kinda an entrepreneurial miracle
I argue that a realistic sex robot company would be harder
true, i also forgot legged robots
What parts were brilliant though? I'm assuming you don't mean his self funding
also is it worth studying for physics at this pt
Lmao no
he focused on making all the parts of his manufacturing process super efficient
and he insisted that most of his parts are manufactured by SpaceX, which was the main reason that SpaceX took so much money and time to get its first succeful rocket up
but it also lowered costs exponentially
which is what made SpaceX a viable business
his management style is also super hands on
and he knows how each part of the rockets work
Be careful dude the moment you get hands on with your staff like the receptionist you might be called out for a scandal
Sorry bad joke
lol
But how much does he know though
I don't think it's possible to know each thing like woz
But I'm assuming he doesn't treat rockets like paintings
true, but Woz was also a technical head inside Apple
but the disconnect between a CEO and the actual tech of the company is pretty big in most companies
i think Musk is cool bc he is an engineer before he's a businessman
Really? Doesn't that make Jobs and Zucker exceptions to that
They built their platforms
Jobs?
Oops
Meant Gates
It HAS TO SAY HELLOOOO
Well gates technically "stole"
Ya they're also big exceptions
what they all have in common is they were the original creators of their products and they stayed on as CEO
in most companies and startups, once it grows big enough you shoe in an experienced businessman as the CEO
very rarely do the founders actually act as CEOs
Oh tru, it's not like musk made the rocket himself lol, that would be stupidly insane
Ew
Business man as CEO
In a tech company
That still rubs me the wrong way
i mean it makes sense for the comapny bc usually the founders of tech companies suck at business
Yeh but you gotta keep the vision of the product in mind
Well I guess I'm more like jobs in that aspect, the product comes first before all else
But when companies like pfizer put a business person with no science background as CEO then I feel as if that's bad
Like a business CEO can be up to date with stuff like tech and thigs
Like jobs was fairly knowledgeable about how the machines actually worked not like down to each line but enough
And yeh I do agree, most tech ppl would die in a CEO position probably
I'm guessing that's what you're aiming to be like?
Engineer before business man
ya
one archetype that I want to break is that Harvard ppl become CEOs while MIT ppl become CTOs
In industry, most of the time the highest an MIT person gets in a company is the CTO position, a lot of it bc of MIT culture frowning upon business
If that was your only goal it might've been easier to become a CTO from Harvard
🐱
Jk jk
Wait
Are you saying
CTO is below CEO
Ya
The CEO appoints the CTO lol
Maybe I'm biased but I would think they're on the same level of importance in the tech world
At least in smaller companies
I mean
With a more specific focus
And few applications
The world is not the tech world
What
It's not?!
I remember one person who I was talking to when I was deciding between MIT and Harvard told me "if you want to build the ship you go to MIT, if you want to run the ship u go to Harvard" and I was like nahhh fuck you I'm gonna do both
Mon, May 14th 2018, 5:45 pm
Lol who said that ship quote
Cuz that's a lot to say about each school unless they have experience at both
Also I'm starting to notice for most universities the graduate side really shapes what the school is like or seen as
Like UCB is apparently a lot more ramped up and big in the grad world with their mega labs and shiz
It's someone who works at MIT but has kids in both schools
And works with Harvard faculty as well
Well shiz they just laid it thick on ya lol
Don't worry dude you're already doing more than most MIT and Harvard kids are doing combined
Also did you get this email?
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I haven't checked
I think it might've been sent to me by mistake since I am not a VIP lol
Kinda tempted to accept though
Nice nice
Isn't that the day of the robotics conference?
Nah day before
Idk if I should take it though
It'll be weird if a random high schooler showed up to a "VIP" thing
Well if u got the email there's probably a reason
Do u k what's happening there tho?
Nope
I didn't see it anywhere in the website unless I didn't look that hard
My impression is usually prevent VIP stuff is for like fundraising from big donors and investors
*pre-event
Time for me to flex my huge CFO muscles and skills
Lol
Ya u should accept if you think it's a good opportunity
You'll miss the 2nd half of the marathon
You know what would solve this problem
A telepresence robot
U mean like a Sheldon bot
A *wheeled* Sheldon bot
Is that a Big Bang reference?
You fake nerd
I only reference research papers
Abstract: any robotic motion planning architecture must define an action space
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Yeh I think I'll go to the first day of marvel
Then three days of robo fair conference stuff
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Oh actually I got the same email
Just checked
Whew
It might be like for everyone
So it's 100% ok to accept
That's a relief
Oh wait it's just 5:30 to 7:30
You won't miss any movies
Ayyyy
That's the time when well be eating dinner
Perfect timing
Just join us afterwards
Nice
Getting to massrobotics is a fucking hassle though lol
Where is it?
Gotta go through the bus and train and shit
12 Channel street
That's like everywhere in Boston lol
Yeh but the BUS?!
Idk if I feel safe with u alone on the bus
Lmao
It's ok
At least u have a phone now
I'll just use my longboard
And grab the end of the bus
Then I won't be on the bus nor will I have to pay
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AW FUCK YEH FREE THESE THINGS AT THE MEETING
oh shiz Saturday is Armed Forces day
I gotta celebrate that
U k a Hors d'ouvres is just French for appetizers
Mon, May 14th 2018, 9:22 pm
woahhhhh
i never really looked into this, but digital fabrics are really cool
there's an organization, the Advanced Functional Fabric Organization of America (AFFOA), founded by an MIT professor that's trying to design fabrics with woven in circuits that could provide services in the future, and used to make clothing and backpacks
and all the electronics are passive so they don't need a power source. There's a hat that can recieve LED beams encoded with a sound pattern, and the hat can play it back into earbuds
without need of a power source. so you can listen to music
http://www.wbur.org/bostonomix/2017/06/19/cambridge-fabric-innovation-center-opens
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What if a piece of fabric could stream audio? Or share your photos or videos? A new high-tech fabric center in Cambridge has actually developed that technology.
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My mom got one of the backpacks that the article mentions
Tue, May 15th 2018, 3:11 am
Tue, May 15th 2018, 6:15 am
IT'S JUST FRENCH FOR APPETIZERS?! Fuk, I thought it was a dish this whole time
ce'st la vie
that Trump thing is hilarious and still a bit concerning at the same time lol
That fabric thing is amazingly cool
holy crap
but wouldn't the hat still need a battery? It's the output device after all and earbud speakers need electricity to move their magnets to create soundwaves
but yeh, the fact that everything else doesn't need battery is amazing
the only drawback tricky thing I noticed though is that it needs an external infrastructure for it to work and depending on how easy installation
Oh dude you could easily troll people now with the backpack
someone scans it
and they open up the picture that comes from it
"Legged Robotics are Viable"
Tue, May 15th 2018, 8:56 am
Ya it's all material science rather than electrical engineering
Idk exactly how they work without needing batteries
But there are things out there that are charged using just light so I assume it something similar
Apparently some fabrics can also store energy and use it later on
I think the key is the passive circuitry, since like 70% of Google glass was the battery
Wearable tech :D
Tue, May 15th 2018, 12:23 pm
Hmmm
That is quite interesting
But more advanced computing doesn't seem viable just yet with wearable tech if this type
Damn dude
Get on dis when you're at MIT
And I'll get on Hursts Lab
And then
Wearable clothes with legs
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Wearable pants that play music
But only music for robots
Exactly
Oh shiz
I'm getting paid more
21 an hour
? For booz allen?
Yes
I think that's like 60k a year right
Nice nice
It's about 44K
Wait really
5*8*21*72
That's a lot tho for an internship
There are 52 weeks
In a yr
Lmao
I'm falling apart
All I know is robot
🐱
It'll be ok, maybe eating a Hors d'oeuvres will make u feel better
Tue, May 15th 2018, 11:21 pm
Yeh that's my favorite dish
DUDE
I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING
WHAT ABOUT W BLANKET OR PILLOW
THAT WILL PLAY MUSIC OR AN ALARM
WHEN SUNLIGHT HITS IT IN THE MORNING
A SMART FUCKING BES
BED
YOOOOOO
That's actually good
Except it would go off all the time
Like during the entire day
Unless it has like a programmed burnout every morning after x amount of sunlight
Wed, May 16th 2018, 11:06 am
exactly
dude
viable
aight, now if someone makes this idea I'll sue the fuk outta them
🐱
we gotta lawyer up
Wed, May 16th 2018, 3:44 pm
🐱
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Wed, May 16th 2018, 7:09 pm
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Lmao
I just wiped out
Lmao
Dude r u here?
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/ r u ok
It's bigger than I thought
Bruhhh lol
Nah I'm probs not going to awards lol
This is why legs are unviable
Well maybe if I just show up bloody
Nah dude
This was a wheel accident
I was going to fast so I had to bail
Since I don't know how to powerslide
But I wasn't able to do any flips and tricks while bailing
But if u were standing on the board with wheels instead of legs, u wouldn't wipe out
🐱
That would be quite the physics problem
We have to keep in mind that it rolls
So there is a continuous point of static at the bottom of each wheel
Thu, May 17th 2018, 7:00 pm
Wanna meet back at my house after you're done with the last supper
And then we go to echo
Ya sure
Do you have an eta for when you'll be at my house?
Wait sarah said Emily is driving me
Is she driving me to ur house?
Yeh we're in the same car
Or to echo
We need to be at the highschool for Emily to pick us up
Emily lee
Nah ten
Ren
Do you have an eta yet? I'm just skating around rn lol
Lol Emily ren and Tarzana are picking us up at 9
Farzana
9999999
Damn
LOL tarzana
Aight wanna just hang out before then
No like from 99
They're picking me and Emily up from 99
What
Lol what are these rides now
Sarah
That's what she told me so I'm going with it
Iman and lulu are picking u up
Whaaa
Ok
Fri, May 18th 2018, 1:18 am
Hot damn that was crazy
Ya lol
I'm looking forward to more drunk Sarah in college lol
I'll send vids
Here ya go from tonight
Yeh be careful in the future dude!
I see why alcohol is argued to be dangerous now lol
It was extremely funny and yet at the same time worrying
Did you know if we left any later we for sure would've got busted
Apparently after we left the cops were really cracking down on people
ya i herad
i feel like i wanna be wasted a least once just to see what drunk me is like
Feel like you might get sad
Or super nerdy
i feel like i would get super bitchy
and edgy
Really? Bitchy??
The edge perhaps
But why bitchy lol
lol idk bc when i get tired i start roasting ppl
Really?
I guess we just meme harder
Yeh I did hear you roasted Sarah badly after I left lol
Do you have an inner demon roaster inside of ya
lol maybe
Fri, May 18th 2018, 9:15 am
Where you at man
Still at home
I'm probably going to school soon
Aight come by e block so we can grab our yearbooks
From malmede
Fri, May 18th 2018, 11:49 am
Where did everyone go?
I'm in math with some ppl rn
Oh u actually went to class
Yeh I did
We're not going to be able to get lunch lol
Fri, May 18th 2018, 5:33 pm
Oh wait
I still have your cold ones
Lmao
I think you might appreciate this
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It looks pretty gross
But then again
Also kinda like a bad piece of steak
Ew
Roy why u sending me ur scabs
To gross you out
Wanna butt wrestle
Jk jk
Ufhn h h h
I don't nee.d that. Imagery
You're welcome
Btw r u going to enka?
Shiz what
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
My knee is starting to get kinda painful to put any weight on
The zipper looks closed
Ya it is
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Think imma head home
My knee is getting a bit too worse for wear rn
Ok
Feel better!
Lmao did u get that book?
Lmao I wish
I need to come back for it
It would cost about 2 annual salaries
Of art historians
So like 7 bucks?
🐱
And thanks man!
🐱
Aight back to reading about the most interesting field around
Sat, May 19th 2018, 1:45 pm
wow i didn't k u liked computational linguistics
Sat, May 19th 2018, 8:16 pm
No I'm into computational art history
🐱
Ooooh is that when u combine computer science with being poor?
Woops that was mean
Holy crap
That was a next level roast lol
Somewhere out there an art historian got a heart attack from that
🐱
I'm guessing you can't come tonight?
Not gonna lie
Antman sounds like a lame hero
you're a lame hero
hey its a funny movie
he can control ants with his mind
WHATS LAME ABOUT THAT
That's kinda lame bruh
ok well Captain America's super power is he can throw shields harder so
How is it funny doe I thought he was like a depressed and divorced single father
ok he is
but its still funny
Yeh but captain America is buff af
And has a tragic past
alright pshh fine well i didn't k u liked to watch buff naked men in movies
Ant Man has a tragic past
and he has cool powers
and he's funny
His power is to be small or big lol
And his powers have no basis in physics!
nooooooo
theres the pym particle
if u inject the pym particle into things it reduces the space between atoms
That's not how atoms work!!
ignore a bunch of other physics shit and boom
You can't reduce the shell spaces
well atoms are 99% empty space
maybe the pym particle decreases the kinetic energy of electrons or smthn idk so they're orbits shirnk
just go with it
its better than mutating interdimensional portals in ur eyes
🐱
Ok that's true LOL
Isn't black panthers suit also basically better than iron mans
ya
but it can't fly
so
or shoot lasers
Yeh he's not black
Iron man can't jump so he compensates by flying
lololol
🐱
actually ya black panther can jump like 20 ft
Holy shit what
That's insane
there was a scene in black panther where he jumped up onto an jet taking off and destroyed it
Sun, May 20th 2018, 2:51 pm
wat
that sounds so badass
also we had a nice discussion about leadership, plans for the immediate weeks, and tentative ideas for robo groups
I think David shared a doc with all of us
ok
Sun, May 20th 2018, 8:13 pm
Shit
Did I sleep through Julia's party
Damn dude
I've been mathxling through Julia's party
LOL
Is it still going on?
When does it end?
I think so
Whenever ppl leave
Should I still go?
I'm like three hours late lol
Idk it's up to u lol
I might drop by once I finish mathxl
Wanna show up as the late kool kids
"Fashionably late"
Do you have a ride there afterwards?
Ya
Where does she livr
Oh first I need to go buy food for the marathon
Do you mind if I hitch on? I don't want to walk anymore since my knee is leaking
Damn r u sure u don't wanna stay home
Oh yeh I still need to get you your cold ones
Justin I'm here to goddamn party
And ya sure u can get a ride
Thanksss
When do you think you'll be done mathxlll
U k what I can finish this on Monday night after we finish the movies
It's due Tuesday
LOL
Don't screw yourself over man be careful
Let me know when you're good
Actually do u wanna help me get snacks for the marathon tomorrow
I'll pick u up then we go to stop and shop then we go to Julia's and my dad drives the food home
I'll probably need an extra set of hands to load shit into the car
Yeh sure
I gotchu
Sweet
I'm leaving now so I'll be there in about 15
Nice I just took a phat showa
I also found a saint motel song that kinda reminds me of artic monkeys you might like
Ooooh
Also I'm here
Mon, May 21st 2018, 8:04 am
U coming?
Mon, May 21st 2018, 10:20 am
Just woke up
Ru coming?
Leg day
Ye
Tue, May 22nd 2018, 1:03 pm
Is Sarah still mad at me for not staying over?
Tue, May 22nd 2018, 5:53 pm
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Yes we all hate u roy
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It's a fuking feast here
Scratch made potatoe chips
Sandwiches and slides
Damn
Grilled chicken sticks everywhere
Everyone is wearing a suit
And I'm chomping in a corner
Wait I was going to ask you a question
Who has tickets?
Jyuuuuu
Oh I bough them for ppl who did the poll
/ asked me to
So I have some tickets ordered but not yours I don't think
Aight
Cuz idk if I can't make it travel time wise
I might be here until 8-ish
Btw Agility is experimenting with AI for walking
I'll tell you more later
Oooh
Did i just hear about the most exciting field
Do u want me to order ur ticket?
Yeh sure
Wed, May 23rd 2018, 2:33 am
Just a heads up
I'll probably be nerding out HARD tomorrow
Lol that's fine
I probably will be too
Aight cya in several hours
Also the more I think about it the more Thanos is right
There's a reason he's the bad guy lol
I don't think his solution is the best to his philosophy
Well I think that's why he's the most interesting villain
Whatcha talking about Ultron was clearly the best villain
You have to look past the boxes of villain vs hero and see which side actually makes sense
🐱
And also Thanos is just a super self-sacrificing and highly moral person
I think ppl r just not used to "villains" being selfless
He's just as super hardline utilitarian
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I think this quote sums up my stance on it and why I don't like thanos side
Wow I didn't k u were a filthy deontologist
🐱
Not cuz he's a villain but more so that I don't think ppl have the right to equate lives to just numbers
Would u kill 5 ppl if it saves 1000
According your duty it would be incorrect to kill 5 ppl
If there are 5 ppl right there who needs immediate help than those 1000 who might need help
Those 5 get priority
No literally either 5 ppl die or 1000 ppl die
The deontologist approach is that no matter what, killing is wrong
Yeh that would just be a lose lose situation for a deontologist
So the answer would to just take the less lose if you have to
Less lose
Nice
That's what utilitarianism is all about
But not everything is a trolley problem where this or that does
Dies
Although Thanos is extreme, his plan worked on gamoras home planet. He transformed it from a hellhole to a paradise
In the long run u maximize happiness
His plan didn't have to be that though
I think that there are more complicated methods that could achieve a similar result without killing so many
I'm saying that thanos took the easiest route not the most effective
Right I'm not saying Thanos' plan is necessary the ultimate best one, but it would ultimately still create a net benefit in the universe
Cuz rn it's weighing which is more important ultimate happiness or ppl living
Shit I'm out of toilet paper
I'm not super happy anymore
Killing half the population won't solve my unhappiness will it?!
True, I would argue that 1 million happy ppl is better than 2 million miserable ppl
🐱
But not everything is binary like that
We can continue the discussion tomorrow cuz I gotta sleep
When you can cherry pick the results then yeh one is going to seem better than the other
But ultimately I think thanos is really cool villain
But in practice it's too complicated for that
Yeh I can agree to that lol
His ball sack of a chin is hard to look at though
I think Avengers 3 might actually be my favorite marvel movie
But I have to see it a few more times
To make a judgement
LOL yeh you should sleep first
Ok gonna sleep now cya in 4 hrs
Good night man
Wed, May 23rd 2018, 6:55 am
I'm feeling really tired this morning and a bit under the weather so I might come a bit late
Instead of u giving me a ride
So u don't have to come here
Well actually I might just come lol there's not an easy way to get there otherwise. I just might fall asleep
Have you left your house yet?
Almost
So yes or no pick you up
The event technically opens at 12 right
Like the showcase
Not sure about that
So you're planning on coming at 12?
Ya I'll probably come a little before then
Alright
Do you have a ride/plan to get into Boston at that time though?
I'll uber to alewife
And then red line to south atation
Ok actually ill just take some caffeine pills and leave now with u
LOL
That's a lot of back and forth to you're doing rn
Ya I'm delirious and in bed
But I think I'll be fine
Alright so I WILL come pick you up
Yup
Worst case I'll just find a corner to sleep in at the cinference
What's ur eta?
Need to drop my sister off
Give it like 10?
Ok. I'll set an alarm for 10 lol
That's not 10 o clock right lol
Lol ni
There's slight morning traffic rn
Ok how long should snooze for
Five
We're heading your place rn
Ready?
Yup
R u outside?
Almost
The hill
Be outside soon I would say
Not soon like now lol
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Wed, May 23rd 2018, 1:59 pm
This round circle seating is freaking me out
Lol
What of they go around and ask ppl to do an intro
That would be so funny in this room
More nerds and way less suits right here
That would be hilarious if they did ice breakers
A lot of this one so far is introducing the robots of different companies and their navigation systems and features
They're talking about what fields are currently most aggressively automating
Like art history?
Wed, May 23rd 2018, 10:28 pm
What if anime is the last pillar of art with purpose
I feel like
This is the one and only time where an art historian might be useful
Pay day for them lol
Feel like I learned a whole lot today
That was a lot of robots AI to philosophy to fucked up anime
I need another day to digest it all
We still got some other philosophical movies to break down like Blade Runner and it's sequel
Ya
Holy shit I still feel unsettled
Oh another movie we should get a group together to watch is Primer
It's an insanely complex time travel movie that literally cannot be understood the first time u watch it
It has over a 10 interlocking timelines of the same 3 characters
Sounds perfectttt
Whoa I actually feel kinda brain drained now lol
And yeh that unsettling feeling will stick with ya for a bit
Just think about something else when you go to sleep
Lol
Thu, May 24th 2018, 9:52 am
Holy shit dude
I just went to the wrong bathroom
That explains why there wasn't any urinals
🐱
Wow Roy u perv
I did not mean to do that
Fuk dude I was watching a thanos video while in there
I didn't even notice it until I was washing my hands and a lady walked in
Thank god for my long hair giving me that slight ambiguity
Lmaoo
Bruh
I feel kinda guilty
I didn't mean anything I just walked in without looking at signs
Lol don't feel guilty it's all good
Thu, May 24th 2018, 1:46 pm
Holy fuck
Big Man Raibert is here now
My heart skipped a beat
lol
how is day 2?
Fucking great shit
I washed hands with Raibert
And then talked to him
Learned and realized a shit ton of stuff today
Like spotmini has some sort of actuator in its thigh that controls its knee through a linkage
That way they avoid having an actuator at the knee joint and keeping the inertia of the lower leg low
The hip system is just as I suspected it to be
And Marc Raibert only had Hawaiian shirts
*only has
That's all he wears
The rubber on spotminis foot is also springy enough so it also relies a bit on passive Dynamics but not as explicitly as Agility Robotics does with their huge springs on Cassie
Talked to the CEOs of BD and Agility, this is a huge success I would say
BD also has the same stance on AI that Agility does
I also took a break during lunch to watch the live stream of the dynamic walking conference at IHMC in Florida
There were a lot of OSU ppl there
Oh you might want to check out more of Harvards soft robotics work
The professor in his talk claimed that they really can make untethered systems
I think soft robotics can have a huge application to wearable actuator/manipulator tech
Sat, May 26th 2018, 12:26 am
are you going to Ernest's recital tomorrow?
Sun, May 27th 2018, 8:50 pm
wait a sec
perhaps one can have clothes that can be partly powered by their own body heat
or heat in general
Sun, May 27th 2018, 10:54 pm
ya
tho there aren't enough uses for having powerd clothes yet for that to be useful
or underwear that can turn your piss into energy and water
but ya you could have clothing lined with tiny peltier tiles
wow
GENIUS
you think I may be kidding but you know how useful that could be for long distance travelers?
actually it's probably not that useful
uh
how would it turn your piss into energy
piss is hot as shit man
the water part might be useful if somehow your clothes could filter your pee lol but i don't think that needs to be embedded in your clothes
you could just like, u know, not wet your pants
and you could just bring a water filtration device
OR
you could wet your pants
and not have to bring a water filter
hmmmmm
no more extra mass
less power used
you would probably need extra mass to carry awater filter in your pants
but your pants are the water filter
turns out a girl two years older than us already made a flashlight that can be powered by just holding it
won some google thing
yup
Google science fair
yeh
some google thing
wait
a science fair is something
I think the workout I just did broke my brain
lol wut
where are you workin out
or just running
Sam and I sprinted for 30 seconds over and over again
until we broke
btw is it true that you only have conversations that have a higher purpose like learning something? No small talk?
lol
no i'm fine with small talk but i'm pretty bad at it
usually i have to force myself to try to do small talk, it doesn't come naturlaly
oh don't worry dude
small talk is easy if you've stalked your target
before I talked to Damian Shelton I read about him for a good 3 minutes on the internet
🐱
and if u send a safety message first
safety messages are sacred
they are meant to establish first contact
not small talk
🐱
well I'm sure you can have small talk with Aiyadiah right? (I actually don't know how to spell her name properly I realize)
nah not really
i mean i can hold a conversation, I just can't do small talk unless i put a lot of concious effort into it
whereas some ppl can just keep talking forever about random shit naturally
yeh
like legged locomotion
hours
and hours
too bad the robots can't walk for hours
:'(
lol nice
i'm thinking of getting a YMCA membership cuz I just discovered the Woburn Y is only like 1.8 miles from my house
well ppl like it when others express their passion for something usually (unless you're like trying to constantly flex like an ahole)
holy crap that's not bad at all
so i can actually not be fat over the summer
you should def do that
ya tho
Aadhya got mad at me cuz she thought I only talked to her when it was about prom
LOL
really?
in reality i'm just not on messenger that much
I mean to be fair to you it's prom soon so
when it's botball grind time we only talk about botball usually
it's not that bad
well we also meme a lot, but that's just a natural occurrence
ya, well i think some ppl are sensitive to that kind of thing
yeh ppl are surprisingly sensitive to social media
it blows my mind
she posted her dress in the prom dress group and someone commented like "oh i have the dress. great minds think alike!"
and she complained to me bc she said that person was throwing shade at her
LOL
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"Great dress Aiyadiah! I thought about getting a similar one"
>>> "Justin she's trying to undermine me"
LOL
ya basically
I feel like we will never not continue meeting people who sometimes act like that
reminds me of how Jenn gets annoyed with ppl breaking streaks lol
or commenting but not liking
LMAOOO
that was funny
and slightly jarring
I had no idea that was a thing
on things such as stackoverflow I can understand since it's an organizational thing
but on fb, isn't a comment basically the same thing as a like? I acknowledged your photo, even more so since I commented
ya
but theres an emotional pay off to having a certain number of likes
so i guess that's why, and that ppl can look at the big fat number of likes
what is that emotional payoff though?
is it just that # ppl acknowledged your photo's existence?
I suppose it's the same as the # of hits on a website
ya
I wonder if it would be worth to learn and fully understand such little social media intricities?
well it may be important
i think engineer / STEM ppl sometimes underestimate the importance of it
perhaps stuff for getting your name and creations out there would be useful but that would be more of a viral video than something else
that's why robotics companies suck at marketing
*not perhaps
well you gotta say BD is amazing at attracting attention
true but that's not marketing
thats just posting a video
what exactly is marketing
actually one of the reasons I was heavily considering Harvard was that they are very good at cultivating this aspect, good outwards presentation and social skills. At MIT no one really cares about presentation or these small social things. so I would definitly fit into MIT better, but I wouldn't develop or improve in that aspect
cuz I know examples of marketing failing like when Tony the Tiger started to get cat called and sexually harassed by furries
lmao
oops we were thinking of drastically different thing
its like outreach and marketing and stuff
well you could develop/improve in that aspect by hanging out with harvard kids or getting a gf
all the business stuff, getting sponsors and funding etc.
lol
preferably a girl who's into that stuff, not joking about this part
ya that's what i'm planning on doing
(hanging out with harvard ppl)
we both k i'm not getting a gf
🐱
aka Sarah -> singular harvard person? lol
ya lol
nah i'm gonna try to immerse myself in some communities at Harvard
yeh I'm starting to wonder if BD and Agility are so far existing solely for the fact that their tech is just top of the line
there's a crap ton of smaller robotics companies that focus on smaller things like grippers that do fine, but don't nearly get as much attention as those two
not cuz I'm biased but just from the general robotics community, which was kinda proven by the most recent conference/reception esp since not everyone there was an academic or R&D
ya probably
but not every company can rely solely on their technology being new and superior
a lot of companies become succesfful by being good at business and marketing
like Amazon
But I would argue they're not a "tech" company
they use tech as a platform
but they're a service
what they're pushing isn't a product, but rather a service
ok then Apple
well now they got products like the kindle, but before they had the resources to fund such projects
yes they had new-ish tech and designs, but it was mainly their marketing and their self-identification with the youth market that drove their sales
that's why jobs cared so much about their ads
and even now, Samsung has better tech but Apple has built such good brand loyalty that they are still able to convince ppl to pay way more $$ for shittier phones
but their biggest ad from the superbowl actually lost money if I'm not mistaken
that's just one instance, and I'm not sure if they lost money in the long run
i'm talking about their entire brand strategy
From my knowledge on apple (mostly articles, snippets from books, and interviews) their main strength seemed to be hitting the computer game early on and having appealing design (this second point probably being the biggest, since it lead to their brand image)
ya
well Apple is used a lot in marketing case studies
that their ads were good?
I don't know about now since I try to avoid ads like the plague
their branding was good
not necessarily their ads
for example focusing on the value proposition rather than the features, and having very consistent and minimalist but very identifiable branding content
so you're saying that their branding is a composition of their design philosophy and their repeated emphasis of their intentions/superiority of their product over as many social platforms as possible
I wonder if iRobot had better marketing if they would be bigger, you never really hear about them as a company or anything
that could also be due to the roomba being in a very lackluster field (vacuuming) that naturally doesn't draw attention
i feel like your mode of exposure tho is mainly from things like IEEE
but wouldnt be typical for consumers
i think for a lot of ppl their main exposure to robotics in daily life is probably with roombas
and youtube videos
haha
HAHAHAHAHA
...
fuk me
🐱
but haven't you noticed
that most people don't even know what iRobot is?
they know what the roomba is
it's just something I've generally noticed with ppl, but this also going off of memory
but I feel as if the roomba is more famous than the company that produces it
wait a second
I'm curious
what kind of Harvard groups are you planning on joining as an MIT student?
I'm assuming you can't join Final Clubs
idk, whatever i can join
they like got rid of Finals Clubs at Harvard last year
they did?! But Justin how will Harvard kids become more than just a rando Jew going to lame parties to never be remembered?!
I know there are a few explicitly collaboration clubs, but I might also join one of their business organizations and one of the speech and debate teams if MIT's sucks
the connections with the peers is what matters the most though in such an environment
like I'll probably be aiming to be with professors given where I am
but I feel as if your peers are who you want to connect with the most due to where you are and the fact that profs generally avoid industry usually lmao
I was talking about this to Kota and some other older ppl about this
what's your stance on that? Although we both haven't actually gone to college yet
wdym
stance on what?
whether or not that peer thing is true
and whether or not I should focus on the profs lol
that part kinda got me like
wha
well
you can do both
i mean its not like you'll be spending all your time with profs
i think also important is not just your peers in your school but using the city as a resource for building connections
idk much about where OSU is tho
it's in a forest
you have to drive through the thicket to get there
there's no plane near it
gotta go from portland -> drive hours -> Corvallis
There's a reason why Damian Shelton himself joked about the idea of a high tech company coming out of rural-ish Oregon
OSU is in a similar situation as Cornell I think
except way less depressing and more vibrant
ngl Cornell had the weirdest atmosphere when I visited
lol why?
cuz its an extreme bubble
tho you havent been to OSU right? so do u k the atmosphere there
yeh that's true
my knowledge of OSU's atmosphere has all been second hand
but I have yet to find any direct negative opinions
(maybe it's due to all the weed)
and yeh Cornell was an extreme bubble with little big robotics research, which turned me the fuk off
idk
something about Cornell just seemed off to me
I'm sure it's a great institution and all
I just can't put my finger on it
perhaps it's the long drive to get there, or the fact that if you want to get out it's rather difficult
I know with OSU Albany, Oregon is fairly close and it's not like surrounded wholely by forest
did you ever get that feel with Cornell?
Mon, May 28th 2018, 10:33 am
I never visited cornell
I never even considered applying there bc how far they are from cities
Don't you hate how morning dumps feel so cold when you sit down
🐱
Lol
You're up early
I was up at 8:30
I was gonna run to the Y but it's a crummy day
And I'm sickish
Damn how you get sick like that
I thought that wave was passing
Though I suppose Sarah was sick
Ya it's not like deathly illness just some minor sore throat
I would get you some chicken noodle soup but by the time I get there I'll probably also catch a cold
lmao
Oh the woes of transportation
nah its passing anyways
the woes of being in the middle of bumfuck nowhere
Hey you got uh
An elementary school nearby
Jacob Naroian
lol
LMAO
At least you're better off than Cornell
tru
i need to get back onto a schedule
i've stopped doing it for a while
gotta bring the notebook scheduling back
i feel so unproductive
But what do you have to do lol
well I'm planning on practicing piano more, working out, reading a few more books and catching up on some AI
I feel like at least personally urgency of a hard deadline that other ppl need too like when school starts really helps form an actual schedule
Oh I meant like what urgent or like other ppl stuff you had
oh, then not much
just some minor Youth CITIES stuff
i've already handed off MAHacks to new directors and the clubs are all done except Botball
Dayumnnn who are the new directors?
Kat and Emily
the two juniors who were on the team
I'm now just on an advisory role
What do you advise them on?
Stuff like
"I would be a great boyfriend you know"
🐱
lol imagine if thats what i talk about when i tutor arhutr
its just me talking about my girl problems
while the parents take notes
LOL
"I just don't understand why aiydiah wants to wrestle me all the time"
Do ya think you'll still do youth cities things in college though
oh ya
bc most of the programs happen in Kendall sq
it'll actually be easier for me to help out
Cuz you won't be in nowhere
lol ya
i'm also directing the fall youth cities program
cuz she wanted to take a step back
she also just invited me onto the Board of Youth CITIES
So you saying you basically own youth cities now?
so i'll def be involved
lol
no
just on the board of directors
but it's not like i'm getting any shares or anything
So you can now help fire ppl if you wanted to
i'm just helping with advising the direction of the company
Oust the CEO
Or whatever job was at the time I don't think he was CEO, wtf was he when he got ousted
I thought he was CEO
Wasn't scully CEO at that time?
I might be mixing things up since I just woke up
i thought he was chairman of the board
that's why he got a vote in deciding
Ahh that makes more sense
Wait a sec doe, youth cities is a straight out company? I thought it was like a non profit/program under the whole of CIC all this time
it's a nonprofit
but nonprofits are still companies lol
it works closely with CIC
What
Nonprofits are still regular companies??
lol
ya
Just the classification of them are like the opposite of what most companies want
nonprofits are just companies that have applied for "Nonprofit status" from the IRS
lol
they have to pass some inspections and stuff but ya they function mostly like regular companies
Huh who knew
I sure didn't
Oh dude did I tell you about that company called Rusty Squid
lol wut
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"Robotics Art and Design"
ew
They had a quote somewhere that said (I'm paraphrasing a bit)
"Robots are too important to leave just to the roboticists"
"It is time for a profoundly new shared cultural experience — granting people a moment to live outside the belief that they are superior to nature and in control of technology. "
sounds like some hippie shit
RIGHT
I don't know how to react to this place
The writing feels a bit pretentious lol
but theres nothing on their website
Ikr
TBH from the robot projects I've seen them do
It's more of animatronics
And sometimes some reactions to ppl but nothing that does anything "useful"
It's like if some took the personal robotics groups and dialed up the art and dialed down the applications
hmm interesting
well i guess robotics + art is pretty much brushing up on animatronics
i don't think they're tryna make useful things
Disney is going to break rusty squid's kneecaps if they aren't careful
🐱
They seem more of an high tech art studio with no advertisement of their previous art works lol
welll they look pretty new
From their YouTube channel they've made several things
But this makes me wonder where they get funding
Like even more so than BD
I just have no idea what rusty squid will do, they don't seem to really have a solid direction
Well it doesn't seem like they need much funding
As of now
I like the concept of them but so far they've been recreating things that Disney have done
I think u gotta give them some time lol they're just a startup
Yeh true I guess I have the wrong expectation of startups to burst out with something fairly spectacular
Which rarely ever happenes
You only get a Facebook like one out of 10 thousand srartups
I feel like there's a lot of startups that just kinda do random small things though
Not trying to throw shade but I know of a several startups trying to do robot grippers
Ya
And I just wonder how they can survive
That's why 99% of startups fail
Some ppl spend their entire lives doing startups over and over again until something sticks and works
Or until they die broke in their mom's basement
That's kinda dark
Ya lol
Kinda wish I knew of some case studies of that, ppl utterly failing until death
Well usually ppl give up before they die
I wonder why they fail so much though
It seems like a lot of a startup is literally it's concept or whatever it's tackling
Idk were talking about hypothetical ppl. It probably highly depends
And if what it's doing simply isn't that important they will die
It's like working 10 yrs on a startup then realizing Amazon did the same thing but better and faster
Yeh tru I have no examples of ppl failing over and over until they just lose
Oh you mean HaVarD ConNEcT?
Guess better example would be mySpace
Lol do u mean ConnectU
Yeh they're the same thing I believe
"Originally known as HarvardConnection"
I got the second part wrong
Out of curiosity I searched up best and upcoming startups
And it's all AI lol
found one that's not AI
it's called Monsieur
and it's a robot cocktail maker...
why god
ok I think I understand better the fact that 99% of startups fail
Lol
Ya well
Your also not gonna get a good representation of the startups out there by googling it
Then how would one get a good rep of it
Go to a funding round
Oh man if only Playground was around here and not goddamn Cali
What's playground
Robotics funding place
I think
Andy Rubin runs it
Mon, May 28th 2018, 3:05 pm
Where are u going for pre-prom?
What's pre-prom
Don't tell me I gotta buy more shit
Like pics
Before prom
Oh is that like
Mandatory
Lol
Uh no
But u should
Tue, May 29th 2018, 12:02 pm
Nvm just found out I need a special part that won't come until July
Fuking money and shipping
The worst problems in the world
Aww that sucks
oh jk Amazon sold one that might come in June
annnnd I can't return the ebay one until May 31st
wtf
curse you online commerce!!
oh wait but I can cancel it
wait does that mean I lose money?
oh dear god
actually technically I don't _need_ that last part
it's just that without it the board would be stupidly dangerous to ride
but it would still be useable
unsafe, but useable
Tue, May 29th 2018, 3:38 pm
Btw
Mahoneys aren't doing anymore corsages
Lol rip
Yeh I'm making one now
I'm also kind dead
Lol r u actuaally
Yeh why not, skateboard is too dangerous to experiment with, might as well make something else
You dead? The illness got you?
Well not conpletely
It just kinda sucks cuz it's right before prom
You should probably rest up as hard as you can rn
Take as many meds as possible
Godamn vaccines
Keep giving me the flu
I better charge up my crystal therapy
LMAO
idk if jerking it would help you heal faster
you'll just be transferring your life energy to a crystal
Nah it's the other way
I already have a bunch of crystals charged up and ready
how would they actually discharge the crystals I wonder
like stick it up their ass?
Wow
Or u suck the energy out
Tue, May 29th 2018, 8:27 pm
I heard that the ass absorbs things much better
there have been known cases of people dying from alcohol poisoning since they put it through their ass, but the ass absorbed it too well
U can't really absorb something better than eating it tho lol
There's a reason we don't eat into our asses
Maybe our asses absorb so well to get the last bit of nutrients from our shit
Wtf did I just write
That's disgusting
https://youtu.be/iIgEWRb61IQ
Dafuq
Who took the time to do this lol
Someone who really liked his nuts
The description is gold too
Jesus
Lol ya the description is the best part
People will do anything for a good meme
Oh dude I rode in saskias tesla today
Things insane
Whattt
Saskia has a tesla
Yeh duuuudeeee
Since it has no engine it has a front trunk too
A frunk if you will
And the acceleration is insane
Esp with how silent it is
Damn
The fuking door handles retract into the car
That's why their ranked number one
Ya lol
Elon musk is actually a design genius
Did he personally design the teslas?
i know he was picky about having the handles there
like retract and shit
LOL
That's like a
IT HAS TO SAY HELLO
Moment
yee
Would you ever do something like that
I feel like I might
Robots are art
hmm
i feel like realistically i would force myself to be more agreeable and settle for a compromise
like would u actually insist to jeopardize a product showcase just so your robot says hello
Yes
the only reason we have positive impressions of these examples is because they worked out in the end
Don't be a wuss bruh
🐱
but if they didn't work out then you would just be a terrible CEO
Nah I think if it's an integral part to the system
the point is its not
lol
neither the handles or saying hello are integral parts of the system
If one is showcasing a walking robot and it doesn't do anything special like jumping in a world of places like BD then you're not going to make a dent anywhere and most likely will be called a shit BD
right but
its like threatening to cancel the product showcuase unless the robot was painted red
or smthn
Oh you mean like a much more minute detail
Well I feel like the hello one is more crucial since it's the opening act and it sets the scene and tone of the rest of the presentation
The door handle though, it's more of a gimmick
The hello is for the art of the presentation itself and creating an image for the product
It adds personality to an otherwise piece of any other boring old tech
Same reasoning for why the Baxter robot has eyes on an iPad when it really functionally doesn't need them
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Wed, May 30th 2018, 1:56 pm
How's the corsage lookin
Doing aight
Just finished
Kinda don't want to dress fancy now
Tored
Tired
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Woah thay looks good
A little big
But that's probs fine
It's to show that I make the biggest and best corsages
🐱
What is it mounted on?
A shit ton of hot goue
Glue
Jk
I used a small foam circle I cut out
Layered some cloth on it to make it comfortable
Are u sure it fits her arm?
It fits mine
Lol
So I'm just guessing lol
Ok
I forgot to recommend using one of those slap on bands
That's what aadhyas friend used to make hers
Bruh what lol
And it worked pretty well
I thought it was supposed to be a ribbon cuz idk class something
But the slap on is smart
It doesnt have to be as long as u can't see it
Like dicks
Anyway
Emacs has been so useful since I got it on my phone
🐱
Don't forget your propel mints in case you kiss her
Lmao
I have the mint spray
Should I bring my computer
dude I was just about to ask the same question
Eyyyyy
We're so cool
🐱
I needed to get and configure some software for motor controllers for an upcoming workshop
🐱
we're like
casanovas
What that
Use casanova in a sentence. noun. The definition of a casanova is a man who is passionate about women and has many lovers. An example of casanova is the story of Don Juan.
Ah
wait shit
my pants are too loose now
if only my hips were wider
🐱
can't tell if I'm sad or just memeing now
🐱
I need softer toilet paper
Bruh are u still on the toilet
Yes
Have u gotten dressed yet at all
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Got socks and pants
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
Wed, May 30th 2018, 9:12 pm
Where you at man
Thu, May 31st 2018, 5:21 am
Don't think I can fall asleep like this
Rip why?
Thu, May 31st 2018, 11:15 am
Cuz the snores
Thu, May 31st 2018, 6:07 pm
BRUH
?
Ashley taking an art history course at uchicago
🐱
LOL WHAT
does this mean we shouldn't mean it so much anymore
Nah she only did it cuz it's a requirement
Holy shit art history can be a requirement??
I think it's like a general history requirement
And she picked that obe
wow
that's amazing
why art history of all history doe
there's like so much
Ya idj
Still feel like I'm in a weird state where I think I need sleep but I'm still fairly functioning
Ya same
It's typical after a semi all night
*alnigbter
Cuz adrenaline
Such a bad feeling
Hampering my senses
Fri, Jun 1st 2018, 2:50 pm
btw
Mr. Lee has the extra class mugs
if you want one
i got one
Nice
Took me a bit to realize what one meant in that message
Btw where is the concert?
The high school?
I assume
Apparently not
Check the mega chat
Oh wait
Shiz that's kinda far
Where you at rn
And or rather, how are you getting there?
Bruh isn't it right in downtown
What
When I searched online
It said it was Woburn
There's one in Winchester?
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Wth is the historic center
Wait a sec, where does google think I am rn lol
Lol
It's right across from the train station
Fuck there's too many bugs to read outside rn
I'm going to go crazy
Also it's at 7
Oh so you can walk there in time
I guess I have to go back to my house to read
Bugs ruin everything
The living beings that I hate the most
Yo Roy can u save me a seat
I'm gonna be slightly late
Yeh sure
Jk I might be late too
Wow
Btw does this cost money
I don't think so
Here now
Sat, Jun 2nd 2018, 1:24 am
Lulu wasn't talking about the fist lol
Oh
What
But she zoomed in on the fist
Look around the fist
I'm confused
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6.5/10
Jk I think it's a 8/10
<3
🐱
Thanks dude
The fist was actually supposed to be about aiyadiahs arm being slack
Don't worry they are just memeing everyone from the promenade video
You doing gud?
Lol ya I was about to go to sleep
But then I got bombarded with this shit
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Ok we're done now
Lmaooo
What movie did u guys end up watching
You
That was sam
Nah we watched Howls Moving Castle
Oooh I really wanna watch that
Sarah fell asleep lol
Ya she told me lol
Yeh it's my favorite ghibli movie, romance, high fantasy + steampunk-ish tech
Nice
Ok I'm gonna go sleep
Have fun with the rest of weeb night
Good night Justin!!
Sat, Jun 2nd 2018, 4:37 pm
Are u going to any of the grad parties today?
given that I woke up around now
probably not
are you going to any?
probably not
unless I actually know the person fairly close I don't see much point in going
unless I'm out of food
free food
yee
when is treehouse club today?
no idea
sams not responding
rip
probably after Sarah is done with her music friends stuff
alright, time to get off my ass and do stuff I suppose
ok
have you been hanging around at home?
ya basically
I feel
Sun, Jun 3rd 2018, 12:53 pm
You there already?
Yup
I better run huh
Lol I was half scared u would sleep through graduation
Bruh
Ya
I slept through middle school graduation
I could do it again
I just gotta lay down
🐱
Get ur ads over here
*ass
Oh no it's bright outside
Are we going to the lib?
Wait, the grad party doesn't start until 9??
Sun, Jun 3rd 2018, 4:49 pm
Ya lol
Wait u know this I told u
I must've forgot lol
My mother got annoyed with me for leaving the graduation ceremony so quickly
That's a surprise
Lol bruh
U didn't take any pics
Sun, Jun 3rd 2018, 9:21 pm
Yo can u bring my earbuds to the partu
Also bring ur keyboard so we can smash lol
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
R u coming?
Ur always active but asleep
Mon, Jun 4th 2018, 6:40 am
Oops ^^"
I'm bad with festivities of larger magnitudes
Ur a fucking bitch
Are you guys still there?
No
Ended at 5am
So you guys went home at 5am?
Lol
That was sarah
Now it's justin
Yeh I could tell lol
Now it's sarah
Woah u could tell?
I'm guessing you guys are at Sarah's house?
That's cool
No
Well Justin doesn't swear like that
Bitch
Lol
We're outside Justin's house
In my car
Ahhh
What did you guys do in those two hours between 5 and 7?
Talkin
Mon, Jun 4th 2018, 1:21 pm
Are ya coming for botball today?
Ya I might be a bit late I just woke up
the roles have reversed
I've been awake since 6:30
amazing
Lol
a UPS man just delivered a long and huge mysterious amazon box to my house
Uh
yeh same
Tue, Jun 5th 2018, 12:36 am
Fuk dude I think the phone number thing is still slightly bothering me
Emacs isn't even helping
I hypothesize the reason to be that I don't understand it
Perhaps a nice dose of unconsciousness will cleanse my mind
Strangely feels like guilt though
Tue, Jun 5th 2018, 8:35 am
There's a lot of old and slightly awkward old men here
Old white men specifically
Ucla just sat next to me
Now when I mess up the demo it'll be all the more embarrassing
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Shit I didn't study up enough
oooh
how is it going?
Im googling so much stuff rn
I have like 10 tabs of electrical engineering stack exchange open rn lol
Learning a shit ton though
I was always kind of foggy on how controlling a three phase motor worked but now it makes more sense
Still don't know the higher level math stuff though
Nice nice
Is it just a lecture?
Or a conference
Seems more like a lecture seminar with a demo
/lab
Btw
I saw this
https://exgwear.wixsite.com/website
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Home
I think you should check them out
Wearable tech, more on the tech side than the wearable
But still up your interest alley
Ok I'll check it out
They also use buzz words
MaCHiNe LeARnINg
Description from robohub on that company
"Our first product, EXGbuds, a customizable earbud-like device is based on patent-pending biosensing technology and machine learning-enabled App. It can measure eye movement and facial expression physiological signals at extremely high accuracy to generate user-specific actionable commands for seamless interaction with the smart IoTs and robotic devices."
All the buzz
Tue, Jun 5th 2018, 2:52 pm
The complex world of motor control has been opened to my eyes
Wed, Jun 6th 2018, 12:26 pm
You down at the high school rn?
Nope
how you gonna get to the meeting for sci oly today then? :OO
are you getting that cardio running?
I'm in the botball room rn btw
I'll be here first
*soon
Thu, Jun 7th 2018, 12:05 am
Hey
Why do you hate Sarah so much?
? I don't
Lol
You hate me
No I don't
Why do u keep saying thattr
🐱
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Ok I'm back now
And check out this sick pic Kota weaver took
Thu, Jun 7th 2018, 9:37 am
Lol
Thu, Jun 7th 2018, 2:54 pm
lol Sarah worries about you not liking her for some reason
Apparently you don't say thank you that much after she drives you n stuff? At least that's what she mentioned after you left the treehouse meeting
Idk if she wanted me to tell you lol but yeh. The little stuff always counts
oh
shit
It's alright man
Btw you coming to botball/the game today?
nope
Really??
Whatcha doing today then
i have to finish some pre-college stuff
writing essays and such
What the
What the heck do you need to write essays for lol
for the housing and roomate surveys, gotta write about myself
and then for the Freshman pre-orientation programs, gotta write essays to get in to some of the better programs
Wtf lol
That's a lot
I just had to tell them I want a single
Ye
I need to do it before I leave for China in a few days so
Ru at botball?
Well it's locked rn
Idk what I'm doing here lol
Ah
Dude i wish I lived in downtown
It would be so much easier to do anything
You should learn how to drive soon lol
Ya..
https://i.redd.it/yeye5ye3ll211.png
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LOL
is that real
i really hope its real
I doubt it lol
I wish all twitter accounts for big entities had amazing senses of humor
lol
the lawyers would flip their shit
fuking lawyers ruining everything
https://i.imgur.com/mCX48bp.png
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Fuk, these memes are just too good
wait why does 0 == []
cuz its a null? or smthn
wow
welp dude i fucked up
What happened?
Did something bad happen?
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its ok im getting advice from Sarah now
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Sounds like she had a bad day in general so that's probably why she got mad
ya probably
tho according to Nina she flipped out at her when Nina accidently spelled it wrong too
Ahhh Sarah explained it
She's better than me
:'(
everything better now?
ya i think so
ahh that's good to hear
you going in for botball tomorrow?
potentially
idk how i'm gonna get there tho
want me to skate to your house in the morning and then we can bike/skate?
well I'll be hitting the gym in the morning
wait
the woburn one?
what time? Kevin and I be doing stuff
morning around 9 or 10
unless you don't want us to be around lol
when do u usually go?
when I'm awake
hahahahahaa
🐱
lol
🐱
i always go in the mornings right when I wake up
wow
that's dedication right there
impressive af man
"always" = the past 3 days lol
well, 3/3 is better than 2/3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TInEz38LPY
i'm currently picking housing for next year
this is my top choice rn
cuz they have the best vids lol
that was such a crap meme that it was good
but the question is what does the actual rooms look like?
its one of the most rundown dorms lol
I feel like those extra spaces won't be used as much
but i heard they have one of the best dorm cultures
I did notice some of the lights looked like they were falling off lol
the one that by far has the nicest dorm is Simmons
Kevin says if you wanna do stuff at Horn Pond you're welcome to come
they have a fricking ball pit
you're gonna get pink eye from that shit lol
oh ok thanks!
(ugh to kevin, not to the pink eye)
I think I'll do body weight stuff with Kevin
at the gym or not at the gy
probs just at horn pond
Kevin doesn't really have any transport rn
ic
ok
so you're gonna work out in the morning and then maybe somehow come to the school later lol?
ya
potentially get a ride from Max
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT1-yOV7-p4
wow this dorm is wierd
but interesting
you should probably let him know now then
ya he already said yes
this si some weird shit man
my vids were straight forward 3D videos and 3D floor plans LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kdVYIkyhVE
This is what I'm aiming for next year
got any more weird ass vids? Are you going to turn this weird?
shit that video crashed my chrome lol
dang thats pretty nice housing
is there a big difference between the dorms?
I know MIT has especially strong dorm loyalty/culture so thats why it makes a big difference which dorm ur in
West Hall is only for honors kids
I'm not one to care much about dorm stuff lol
I plan on spending my days in labs
ah
or out on the hills
i feel like even if u spend ur days in labs your social environment is still gonna play a really big role in ur life quality tho
why do you think I'm going to keep skating?
I need more stoner friends
and also i feel like college is a unique opportunity to explore what kind of person you are and what kind of person you want to be around in the future, bc you're not gonna get something like college agian
🐱
🐱
you'll find weed everywhere
weed wonderland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6apDU2fqbk
this is the other dorm I'm considering, but everyone wants this dorm so i probaly won't get it
https://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/7v0td9/oregon_is_producing_three_times_more_marijuana/
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37838 points and 2842 comments so far on reddit
holy
the simmons videos isn't as funny
*aren't
seems like they have a lot though
not gonna lie, the curvy walls, even from a design perspective
really irk me for some reason
like, it's just taking up room
if they curved out, then yeh that's cool
so I'm guessing you pick like your top 3 or something?
the inside is actually super cool
it feels like a cave but its still pretty spacious
basically all the floors are fluid
the curved walls are connecting different floors
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jeezus, I recognize that thing
it's uh
lives up to its name
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the curved walls make up the lounges
I'm curious how the force is distributed through that whole thing then
I find it interesting that you keep saying that college is a time to spread out more and discover more stuff
idk, maybe it's just me, but I don't really see it the same way
perhaps I'm just biased since I don't think the school I'm currently going to doesn't have that many other things I want to explore academically
My current plan rn is to
join the robo scene and get to know the pros there and finally find out why they were able to grow so quickly and big successfully as compared to other places like UCB
get better at longboarding and join a group there, cuz apparently the Oregon hills are crazy
other than that, I don't see much, maybe check out the art scene
i'm not really talking about academics tho
what makes you think that it's such a time to expand like that? Technically, wouldn't that detract time from honing our skills further?
and i feel like your only counting things u have a strong interest in at this very moment
Yeh that's true
but one of those things (robos) split up into a shit ton of subcategories that are all deep as shiz
like for example I have no idea if I would enjoy for example improv or singing or like dancing but i might as well try and figure out
I meme soft robotics, but that stuff is quite innovative and novel
your not gonna have another time where u actually have those resources at your fingertips for u to try
bruh
ooohhh
step outside of robotics
that kind of stuff?
for a minute
can't you take that as a class though
ya but you wouldn't in the future if u didn't k u whether or not ur interested
feels like I'm missing a vital component to this sentiment, leading to me not understanding it
college is really the only time to try these things so easily
also things like speech and debate, leadership, philosophy, multi-culturalism
all things I want to be better at / learn more about
that probably won't relate to my career in the future
things like philosophy have a use later though, like that would be something I'll try out
but college is really the optimal time to reach out and do those things. ur not gonna be surrounded by such a diverse crowd
in such a context
ever again in ur life really
hmmmmm
hypothetically speaking, I don't see the point of me trying out something like dancing, a skill of which I won't use later in any context since it's path of use is very narrow (showing your skills in a party or another form of exercise)
like I took up skating because it had the use of faster and convenient transportation
right but it could just be something u do for fun in your downtime with friends
its like why i still play piano
just on my free time
i'm never going to be a pianist
but i enjoy playing piano and its fun and relaxing
its just something i do to develop myself more in ways that are not knowledge or academic
so it would be on the same categorization of things like playing games?
interesting
so perhaps
well
a good way to approach this would then to be stick with what you know for sure you want to do, and spare time to just try some other stuff even if that other stuff won't directly benefit your goal, but rather benefit you as a person experiencing life in general?
that some sappy stuff right there
i feel like one of my goals tho is to actively go and try out those things
i'm not gonna only do it in my free time bc i feel like it is important
there's always time to do work
i feel like this also goes back to why we have different views on traveling
i feel like I would cut out 6 months of my life just to spend on traveling if I had the chance bc it would open my eyes a lot of things aroudn teh world and would just be like a life-changing experience
yeh I see that. On other hand I would only travel to places not to experience them but rather to see and learn what advances they have made in relations to specific fields I'm interested in
I suppose it's just that in certain cases, our current selves value different things
That would also explain why I have no interest in traveling to places like Africa, South America, or Northern-Eastern Europe
I do recall
that I still want to learn how to play merry go round of life by joe hisaishi
but my reasoning was that I wanted to be able to play it to perform for someone, partly because it's one of if not my favorite song
also
I think you'll appreciate this
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lmaooo
are you meme surfing through reddit again
yeh
it's a pasttime I picked up
exploring already
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http://robohub.org/new-battery-technology-is-accelerating-autonomy-and-saving-the-environment/
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New battery technology is accelerating autonomy and saving the environment
half my face appears in the first picture of this article lol
Lol congrats
Basically famous as shit now
Also please don't let Aadhya see this chat
Cuz my spelling of her name
Fri, Jun 8th 2018, 12:08 pm
Done working out
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Oh woops
LOL
I thought you were coming with max?
It's just max and I rn
Nope max said he walked
Lol
Does that mean you don't have a ride?
I can technically ask Sarah but I feel bad
She's at my house rn cuz we just got back from the gym
Bruhhhhhhhh
I also need to finish work for my independent study
Cuz Petty gave me an F for quarter 4 lol
So I need to create some BS
Holy shit
Bruh
Alright
Btw
You know that grades went out already right?
You might wanna talk to Burke and petty about that instead of just throwing out some BS
Or rather, do both
i already talked to Petty and
he said the grade is changeable if i send him some stuff
Whew
That's good
So I'm guessing no treehouse meeting tonight then too?
I don't think so :/
ehh i'll only be gone for like 9 days
That's a lot of days
and you guys will probs have a treehouse meeting when Sam gets back
oh wait but then Sarah is leaving until the 25th
so it would just be us lol
Yeh man lol
i'll see how much work i can get done
Aight
Is Sarah still at your house lol
ya. she's just chilling with Chris and Khloe while I do work lol
Chris??
ya. he also had nothing to do today so he just walked over
LOL
Wow that sounds convenient
he's like 2 minutes walk away lol
we're both in the middle of nowehre
how are the robots going?
Going well, not as far as I would've hoped
After you're done with your work you might want to draw/write up a plan for your team on Monday
Esp letting tanishk know to get more on board in the building phase
ya i will
Fri, Jun 8th 2018, 5:45 pm
How you doing
good
ish
still writing my essay
Still?? Dang
im getting distracted cuz Ashley just got home
Sounds like confirmed no treehouse meeting lol
ya i think so. i have to do fam stuff with her so
Tell her I said hi!
And don't forget to relax from life, even the socializing lol, to recharge
I'll see ya tomorrow
Wtf
You have an insta?
lol
sarah is going through it and adding ppl
You're doing family stuff with Sarah? Lol
no ashley ended up going to sleep
so we didn't do family stufff
Ahh so you guys just hanging out now?
i'm still writing my essay :'(
lol bruh
So Sarah is just loitering in your house??
i had to take an intermission to unscrew some nuts
What
ya...
Did something bad happen?
Did you get an existential crisis?
no
like literally unscrew some literal nuts
i failed tho
What
ya...
What are you doing hanging around Sarah that you would need to unscrew nuts lol
lol no its not related to Sarah
Sarah's just kinda loitering here idk
LOL
i'm working on my essay
She just wants to hang around you I guess
Hey Roy
Fuck u
Jk ily
Love you too Khloe
🐱
🐱
ok i'm back
Good luck on finishing those essays
You've been spending a lot of time on them
thanks lol
it feels like college apps all over again
* 3. If your name were an acronym, what would it stand for and how would it reflect your strengths and personality? * 4. If you could uninvent one invention, what would it be and why? * 5. In your opinion, what is the most significant challenge facing society today?
its like ^ those types of questions
That's dumb
Who the fuk are reading it
idk
but the program i'm applying for is apparently hard to get into
Cuz you could meme the shit out of them and be the funny dude on campus
Lol what
Program?
its the wierd life-changing one that happens in a lakehouse in Groton, MA
Like an honors program
?
Wtf is that
no its the Freshman Pre-Orientation Program
Sounds like a cult
so basicaly like 5 days before Orientation there are some pre-orientation programs that are optional
Why is there a special freshman pre-orientation one LOL
its like 5 days of being around your new classmates
What would one do in those five days that's so life changing
its run mainly by MIT students
i got recommended by a lot of students to do it bc its apparently worth it
Number 5 is literally the Stanford question lol
and the one i'm applying for, the Freshman Leadership Program is the most competitive
but its apparently life-changing
What is up with all these programs and wtf do you do in them lol
Sounds like final clubs
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its a secret lol
nah its not a final club tho, u apply for it and its just 5 days
That last part makes it seem like an elite thing lol
I wonder if it's due to salt or bias of other ppl
But I have heard ppl say some MIT ppl are arrogant or bigheaded or rude on the name
I bet it's salt
How many of these essays are you writing lol
This seems like a lot
I don't see how a five day thing will change your whole college experience unless they're giving you perks
its not gonna change my whole college experience lol
its just gonna be a fun 5 days
The dude said in the chat that the ppl who went are all leaders now
and also i'm pretty sure its just ppl who are more prone to be leaders attend FLP
If dat ain't some cult shiz idk what is
Giving dem the magic voodoo
its called Freshman Leadership Program
he also said "some of the ended up being leaders"
not all of them are leaders lol
Is that part of the reason why you want it? lol proving thy self
its just probably a higher percentage of the FLP crowd end up becoming leaders
bruh
are u ok today
Yeh though someone is calling me rn complaining about their problems and I'm so sleepy lol
Wait a sec
Did you read my things as passive agressive?
lol ok. no its not proving anything
Is that why you asked about the are you okay today?
its literally a 5 day weekend that sounds really fun
and also i get to meet other ppl who may be like-minded
Passive aggression waists time, if one wanna fronts they better front fast
I spelled waste wrong
Holy fuck
maybe u should get some sleep man
Yeh but idk how to end this convo
lol u don't need to end it just go to sleep
who's calling u?
lol that would be funny just start snoring
Rhea
ah
Don't worry dude
If I'm mad at you
We would have a manly and epic showdown
In beaver costumes
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🐱
but ya its just a program organized by MIT students
and its something to do with leadership
Perhaps you get to meet and talk to famous alumni
i doubt it. we're in a lakehouse in Groton MA lol
And then make out with ppl
idk if they're gonna ship Noam Chomsky out to Groton
It's actually where the last remains of the LSD group lives
lmaooo
true its been hiding in the shadows
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LOL
This chat of ours does bring up the one problem I find quite interesting with text
Tones and nuances just become so hard to convey and interpret
I meant the prove thyself as a tease, but the same message can be seen as aggressive or mean in other contexts or the reader may be in a certain mood prone to interpret it differently
Masters of writing of the comedic and brown funny dudes Mr. Key and Mr. Peele made a fantastic commentary and research reenactment piece of this subject
https://youtu.be/naleynXS7yo
Lmaoo
I got a boost of energy somehow
Want me to read any of your essays for proof checking?
Not rn
I need to finish and edit them first
Sat, Jun 9th 2018, 3:42 pm
Did ya finish? Cuz sounds like you've got a lot of packing from the sci oly chat
Nah it's more that my mom is uptight about stuff
I'm pretty much done packing
Has your mother always been so tightlaced?
Ya
I think it's more I'm being more social
So all these restrictions are more apparent
Lmaoo
That's funny when you phrase as that
Also Rhea called me for 30 min last night, i assume about the same thing she told u
Lol she probably called me after u fell asleep
Yeh...
I was mindblown by Ben tho
When Ben is in bro mode I suppose he's different lol
Like extremely different
Idk I didn't really understand the problem fully. To me it seemed like rhea was jealous of how much time Ben spent with Litzy
That's basically it, but jealous is not exactly the right word
i mean its a well documented phenomenon, choosing between the bros or the hoes once a close friend gets into a relationship
LOL
sounds like a phenomenon the geniuses of the human laughter Dr. Key and Dr. Peele probably also did a study on
lol probably
but also i think Ben and Rhea's friendship is more toxic than typical, heightening the phenomenon
like as she said, if it was Jess who got a boyfriend, Rhea would trust her to still be just as close to her even if they spend a bit less time together, but she doesn't feel as secure about her friendship with Ben
that's what i thought it boiled down to
yeh that sounds about right
I just didn't understand why she was so worked up over it
hormones
Ben's got all the sophomores hot and bothered i guess
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yeh, Rhea said it wasn't her being into Ben
but it sounds like a lot lol
like sure it's fine to get annoyed
but to rant for an hour plus and then some
that's a whole lotta energy for that subject
plus since Ben has only just been in the relationship I think it's kind of normal for him to pour so much time into it
ya
it's like if he got into a cool new hobby
he would naturally devote more time into it in the beginning
maybe from our viewpoints it's also not as weird since we probably don't spend as much time socializing as Rhea
Senior year is by far the most I've socialized and gotten out of the house
ya def same
also uhh i have some conflicting feelings about something
but it's better if I talk about it in person.
wanna hang out after i get back from China
its treehouse club except just us lol
yeh sure man lol, we've had that stuff a lot already
Sarah will be in the Dominican
If you're trying to tell me you're gay, sorry man I'm into girls
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lol what, Jenn and Vara are going on a roadtrip? That's an odd team to go on a roadtrip I feel
lol i guess
Jen and Vara are pretty close tho
REALLY???
damn that was quite the reaction
I know Jenn said that the RWDC group was one of the most favorite groups she worked with so I was assuming that she and Vara also had friction
I'm incredibly surprised by the revelation of this data
lol
ya i think her main hangout squad is Joanna/Vara/Harry/Jen
and sometimes Jeremy third or fifth wheels
its quite interesting, both Vara and Jen's friendships are very much defined by their dating relationships
Vara and Jen got closer bc Jen became good friends with Joanna, and then Joanna match Jen and Harry together which brought her closer again to Joanna/Vara
what the
huh, I didn't even know dynamics could form like that
I do wonder if how the relationship web would react/be robust enough to stay fairly intact if one of dating relationships breaks
ya
wow, this got nerdy even when we're talking about stuff that could almost be considered gossip
lol
ya it's a wierd way to form friendships
also poor Jeremy is always 3rd or 5th wheeling lol
poor dude getting the short end of the stick :'(
i'm also kinda glad Vara found Joanna when he did. he's really been leaning into that relationship since he's had kinda a rough senior yr friend-wise
and most of the ppl he hangs out with are Joanna's friends
awww
that's actually really nice
and then next year he can get a fresh start too
crap, I need to get through taking notes of 6 pages of this book everyday if I want to be able to finish before visiting campus/hopefully the lab
welp, looks like for me to actually get my shit into gear
damn
which book?
The Raibert one
Sat, Jun 9th 2018, 8:37 pm
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/can-a-robot-be-divine
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Researchers explore whether robots can become useful sacred objects in a religious context
Wtf is this shit
I just saw it pop up
wow
this may be the start of the Church of the Divine Thrustin
Sun, Jun 10th 2018, 5:50 pm
yeh right
it's coming true
holy crap
how's China btw?
Mon, Jun 11th 2018, 7:48 am
just got here
using a VPN to access messenger
its basically how i remembere
Mon, Jun 11th 2018, 6:45 pm
Ahhhhh
I mean
Ayyyy
What kind of VPN?
Meet any new ppl?
Tue, Jun 12th 2018, 12:44 am
Justin I know that he's freaky
?
It was a treehouse meme
lol wut
There's apparently a rap lyric about bringing a girl to a penthouse and "freaked on it"
lol wut
Yeh same lol
Which part of China you in?
Shanghai
I'm staying there basically the whole time
Isn't shanghai an electronics powerhouse rn?
ya but not just electronics
its like a whole tech industry and international trade powerhouse
ShenZhen is the main electronics powerhouse
oohhh thats right
have you seen any interesting tech yet?
no lol
i'm not really here for tourism, mainly here to take care of my grandparents
so i'm staying in a suburb of Shanghai
however, it does seem a lot more things are automated now, even in the rundown city suburbs
really? What things are?
the toilets in the airport were pretty impressive, they had like buttons and shit
LOL
Not what I imagined I gotta say lol
its the most important indicator of a country's development
i forget exactly what, its just my impression
can't tell if you're joking or not since that actually makes sense
everythings also a lot cleaner
everyone's carrying smart devices
it just seems more advanced than last time i visited
what?? Really?? I always thought of China as not the cleanliest, I remember talking to some college kids from Shanghai and they claimed they hated how dirty it is
well its cleaner than i remember
its still pretty dirty
ahh ic ic
how's the weed culture?
like nonexistant
That's how you can REALLY tell how advanced a civilization is
shizz
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Wed, Jun 13th 2018, 5:09 pm
You wanted to talk one on one when you get back right?
What's a good day for that?
Thu, Jun 14th 2018, 1:58 am
idk yet, are you free those days?
Yeh sure what days doe
uh
not sure yet
What time do you get back on the 19th?
not sure about that either lol
probably be available the 20th and onward
What exactly do you want to talk about lol
It must be fairly serious to warrant a set time and meetup
lol just some personal stuff, feelin conflicted
nah we don't need to set a specific time
just whenever ur free and wanna hang out
Ahh yeh so just hanging out like after the last conference?
Sounds good
Just to make sure
You're feeling alright right? This isn't anything medically or psychology dangerous correct?
Because then we should talk soon and get professional help
lol
no not at all
ya i'm psychologically fine
Well that's a relief lol
There was a rwdc thing on Wednesday where they wanted to go to six flags but it's kinda expensive and sam won't be able to go lol
Wednesday the 20th
oh lol
ya amusement parks are wicked expensive and only occasionally worth it
but u should go if u want to
we can hang out anytime
I'm also rather behind on the Raibert book and shiz
ouch. how has the 10 pages per day been doin
or whatever the number was
Oh we could also watch some of the ToWatch movies like blade runner 1 & 2 along with that time travel one you've mentioned
lol it's been bad since I keep taking notes to the point where I'm just copying the book, but there's so much info. I think my plan now is to read a paragraph first and then distill that into at least 3 sentences and try to avoid the info that is experimentally specific to the robot and focus on the fundamentals and big picture
that's a good idea
how much do u have left?
~150 pages lmao
And turns out I got a math assessment test to take in a couple of weeks
It's aight though, stuff like this makes sure I get up more readily
that's good
It's kinda crazy to think about
Just not waking up
We can only perceive so much information ourselves, but the moment that stops who knows what happens
Technically speaking we should turn off like a computer, but it's still a comforting thought to think that there is more to consciousness than some simple sparks
wow that quickly went to a dark place
but ya i agree
I don't know if it's really a dark place per se right
(Nier automata really got me thinking lol)
i k ppl ilke Sarah are scared by the idea of death, but i feel like it's just gonna be like falling asleep
its only wierd cuz obviously we can never imagine what not being concious feels like
Yeh and the fact that our consciousness and more so of who we are as persons/beings heavily rely on our past experiences and memories and other people's perceptions of who we are
I would argue that a perfect replica of a person, but without the same exact memories would technically be a different person, if and only if the rest of society also saw them as a different person
But then again a question that could be brought up is what fundamentally makes us, us
If I lost all my memories would I still think that the raw motion of physical things to be awe inspiring and even magical
Or is that whole experience/feeling something made up of even smaller experiences
ya def not, cuz your attraction to different things is determined mostly by your environment
you might have become an art historian if u grew up somewhere else
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Yeh exactly
So the we that we are right now are truly one of a kind
The moment we fall asleep it can be said we become different people, since our brain filters out and strengthens certain memories during sleep
So it's not just us being that determines who we are
But rather our belief that we are who we are and the reconfirmations of others
hmm i wouldn't go so far as to say when ur asleep ur a different person
i feel like the reason that memories affect who you are as a person have physical manifestations, in the way your synpases connect and such. so just cuz ur asleep wouldn't change that. you can say ppl are constantly changng based on their new memories
someone who gets amnesia is not necessarily an immediately different person, but they may start changing at a more rapid rate bc they're development now leans more heavily on recent experiences
also shouldn't u be asleep lol
its 3 am isn't it
Yeh I should but I'm listening to the wisecrack podcast about one of their writers who wrote the Nier Automata story
There's a show called Gantz that had a detail similar to this that kind of freaked me out when I thought about it
The shows premise is kinda stupidly insane as a lot of Japanese stories are but the themes it touches on are insane
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The premise is that a mysterious ball summons people who just recently died (it 3D prints them down to the molecule) back to life randomly to have those people fight aliens to protect earth
But the people summoned are treated more as tools than anything else and are extremely disposable
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But there was one scenario which was crazy
A young girl died and so she was remade by the ball to fight
But she died by slitting her wrists in the bath
So the problem arises when the ball thought she was medically dead and so it printed her
However someone found the original girl and sent her to the hospital, ultimately saving her
So now there's a version of the girl that has no knowledge of anything of the aliens or the ball
And one who was literally supposed to be the "reincarnated" girl literally everything the same except some new memories of the alien fighting and stuff
That threw me in for a loop
lo
lol
i think u told me about this show
wait but why does the ball need to only print dead ppl then?
i assumed the ball has to reincarnate dead ppl cuz somehow like when someone dies the ball can trap their soul in a newly manufactured body
but if the ball can just print bodies when it thinks ppl are dead, can the ball just print an entire army using the ppl he's already printed as templates
Oh the dead people part was more of not to mess around with human society too much
It's more like a hey these guys actually survived
And it's more bleak than the soul thing
I don't recall souls being mentioned
There was one messed up scene where the group of human fighters meet an near omniscient group of aliens who also gave humans the instructions of how to make the ball (by giving it through code by the mentally impaired daughter of a rich German manufacturer)
And then just to prove that human lives mean nothing
The aliens recreate all their dead comrades and loved ones and make them melt alive in front of the fighters
Just to prove that they have no power and humans aren't special at all
The revived people remember the moments before they died and once they realized they were dying again they were freaking and and shit
The sheer idea and premise of that freaked me out for a while
Lol idk why or how but these Japanese stories can just fuk with you and make you uncomfortable on another level. I haven't seen any other form of media and producers be able to induce that feeling
Especially crazy shit like the original Evangelion
I think imma take some philosophy classes when I get the chance
ya damn
Anime has such a wide range
Yeh right
I also just thought
In Ghost in the Shell they mentioned that the majors only human part was her brain right
And even then the brain had like a cyber brain around it
So the puppet master was a conscious in the cyber brain and lacked a real brain, but was able to produce a ghost
And so when the major and puppet master fused
Does that mean the puppet master became her cyber brain extension
And then how would the consciousness work then, since it doesn't appear to be split personality at all. Perhaps it's more of a voice in the head or maybe they literally fused in every sense. Memories are now shared and thus they have become a new being
(I tried to sleep but I couldn't stop thinking)
And that brings us back to the point of how our environment and memories form who we are
ya that was one part that could be iffy
theres no way that the hardware of Major's cyber brain could be wired to handle its own conciousness
that can be fused with the real brain
their whole fusing thing should be limited by the hardware inside Major
The brief explanation they had seemed to me that the cyber brain was more of an addition to the current brain
Like adding more lobes that specialized in machine interface
Like how we have parts of our brain that specialize in controlling our body
So it could be a brain plasticity thing, where the brain will adapt to it
But yeh, this might be stretching too far and that the ending was more philosophical than extreme hardcore sci fi
It's interesting since the movie seems to have the message that melding with machines is not a bad thing at all and it in fact could be the next step in human advancement
But at the same time the major had the whole inner conflict with how being so much machine is cold and makes her question her own self
So the ending could either be her accepting that she is not that much of an individual or it could be that by melding with the puppet master she becomes even more special and an individual due to her new unique existence as a new being
I wish this movie got more analyzation than being a sort of obscure cult classic
Lol sorry I'm just bombarding you with my loosely put together 4 am thoughts
Y can't I fall asleep lol
Tue, Jun 19th 2018, 3:03 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE-gdNIL8WI
This song is so good
Tue, Jun 19th 2018, 6:02 pm
Wed, Jun 20th 2018, 3:07 pm
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Holy shit gt memes strike again
Wed, Jun 20th 2018, 11:10 pm
Righttt
Pretty good
Welcome back to Winchester btw lol
Did you hear from max about a breakfisto?
How was china overall?
yup
ugh hot and dusty
Dusty? Really
Not usually an adjective one hears about a country lol
its interesting, there seems to be a lot faster adoption of some technologies in Chcina
than in the US
for example, hardly anyone carries cash anymore. Everyone pays with WeChat Pay
similar to Apple pay
I kinda like cash doe, since I ain't got no bank shit before as a younging
But yeh that's definitely more efficient
like I had to spot my grandparents to tip a graveyard cleanup person who didn't have WeChat Pay
ya its basically only kids who carry cash on them, and even then a lot of them just have a joint account with their parents
Damnn
Any other tech? And I thought tipping was only an America thing
oh they have a very convinient grubhub-like service
except its much more widely used than Grubhub, its much cheaper and faster too
bc labor costs are so low in China
instead of going out and buying bubble tea, which would only be like a 10 min walk away, my aunt ordered bubble tea for delivery and it arrived in like 20 min
GrubHub would take over an hour usually
and we weren't living directly in Shanghai city either, we were in a suburb
everyone uses WeChat there, i think its subsidized and promoted by the government, so there's only one major social media platform that everyone uses which is really convenient
oh my grandparents bought a ripoff amazon echo lol. its very obvioius that the design was ripped off
its listening capabilities are also worse but overall can do the same things and functions the same way
I can see potential concerns though with a social media platform that's government promoted and dominates more than just media (like pay)
Interesting
So the software is just worse?
i mean they aren't potential concerns if the Chinese gov already actively censors all media
I'm guessing they can easily replicate the hardware once they get one and see the documentation
the exxterior was also less slick and felt more plasticky
Ok maybe not all the hardware lol
I wonder if the listening is a hardware mic problem not being as good or if the software was not up to tier or both
The fact that they can replicate that stuff so fast is pretty impressive by itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQbLCXvjjeQ
i don't think the AI is that bad and it seems like there are functionalities that Alexa can't do
OOOHHH
I thought it was a spot for spot replica
Not a separately designed thing
nah its actually a big brand product
Xiao Mi is one of the biggest Chinese phone companies
but it has the same light loop thing at the top and its functionalities are basicaly the same
Not sure what mi means but doesn't xiao mean small? Kinda like Micro soft (with micro being a synonym for small)
My brain is so rattled after all the roller coasters today
Yeh that's a lot of the same design then lol
So much for copyright
Xiao Mi means little rice lol
What
The
Fuck
the AI itslef is called "Xiao Ai" which is a spin on Ai which sounds like "love" in chinese
Small love?
its more of a nickname than a translation
ya its like a thing in chinese to nickname someone "Xiao -- [insert word] ""
did u go to six flags?
Ahh that makes sense
And yeh I did with the rwdc squad minus Sam since he had to music unfortunately
nice
Very quality engineering on those rides, but idk if I can handle another day on those things lmao
also it seems like Xiao Ai has a wider range of functionalities than Alexa
it's hearing capailities were just bad, i think it might just be the hardware
cuz the same Xiao Ai software is also used on Xiao Mi phones as their version of Siri
#HardwareIsStillAFieldOfPriority
Shit I had no idea there was a whole separate Chinese competitor to all these American stuff
Have you heard about these before?
When do you wanna hang out btw now that you're back
Work got pushed back to July 2nd for me since they're running a background check on me rn
Oh lol
I can basically do anytime
How about Friday?
Yeh sure that sounds good
I'm guessing my place unless you want to do it at yours?
I figured out how to bike so I can do hills and long distance now
Wowwww
Imoressive
Probably yours.
Kkkkk
Aight imma take this perfect opportunity to reset my sleep schedule now
Welcome back again! Good to have you back around
Gnight!
Cyaa
Thu, Jun 21st 2018, 10:42 pm
Shall we stay at botball until 4 and then hang out at my place tomorrow?
Fri, Jun 22nd 2018, 8:15 am
I actually might not be able to go to Botball today bc I have a lot of work to catch up on after China
Lol wut
What work is this?
And does that mean no hanging out today?
Fri, Jun 22nd 2018, 6:26 pm
What’s your status like rn
I should be able to come over
But my mom wants me to video call my grandparents in China after dinner so it might be a bit later
Like 8
LOL
Aight
How you gonna get here though
My mom
Probably
Sounds good
you still coming?
Yup
I'm leaving my house now
kkkk
Fri, Jun 22nd 2018, 11:45 pm
good bants
also btw Sarah comes back Monday at night
shiz
Rip
welp shit
yeh idk
might wanna try to talk to her or setup a time
Oh btw
This is the cheapest one I found real quick, with free shipping too
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USB AC Power Supply Adapter Cable for Xbox 360 XBOX360 Kinect Sensor
Oh sweet thanks
No problemo
You gonna do machine learning computer vision!
*?
Also you good with Sarah on Monday?
Ya
For the 2nd
And maybe for the first
If not computer vision I can use the Kinect for gesture controls when I build my ai girlfriend
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LOL
Actually there was this one Japanese dude
Who put a Kinect up near his ceiling
And then he motorized his trash can
So then whenever he tossed a piece of trash
The trash can would zoom under the trajectory to catch the trash
That's actually amazing
But also u would need to always keep ur floor xlean for it tobwork
*clean
Yeh that’s the trick though
Actually but for things like clothes it wouldn’t work
Darn
Welp
Definitely not my room
What about a drone trashcan
Wait what if you do end up like choice of robots
But I’m not really like josh in terms of what we’re interested in lol
Eh it’s cooler to have your own story anyway
I could live Joshes life in choice of robots
He has some pretty sweet arcs
What was one those sweet arcs? I need my memory jogged
Well if u didn't end up founding a company that would compete with his, he basically goes off and does what your startup arc would have been instead
And becomes super successful and at some point I think u can choose to work for him
Danggg
Yeh I don’t think I ever did the route of founding a company without him
I always worked with him and founded stuff together
Sounds like something you would do though, go off and found your own huge company
Do you think you’ll go through the phase of selling your startup or will you stick with it all the way
Cuz PayPal is useful and all but muskys current work is debatably cooler and more impactful
I won’t forget to write you that Christmas card lol
Lol
I would be completely open to sell my startup if I feel I want to move on to other things
I don't think I would stick with doing the same thing for over a decade
Really? That’s interesting, yeah you do seem like there’s a lot you want to pursue and try out
Sun, Jun 24th 2018, 5:55 pm
are you still free on Monday?
Ya I should be
wanna try to watch some bladerunner or Death Note?
or fool around on a potentially dangerous and unfinished electric skateboard
lol
ya sure
did all the parts come in?
yeh, the programmer came in
haven't put it together yet though
Sun, Jun 24th 2018, 11:11 pm
BRUH
DON'T RUIN FOR YOURSELF
THIS IS A TEST
and you're failing the test!
Bruhh
I was already asleep and then I woke up and accidentally opened my phone lol
lmaoo
I think she really wanna tlak to you
I feel doe
Mon, Jun 25th 2018, 3:11 pm
fuk, woke up kinda late
lmao
oh shit
i fucked up
? Did you forget to message Sarah about meeting up or something lol
u remember the guy who kept waving at me
John Dunleavy
uh oh
I thought it was Brian Dunleavy, a guy in our grade, but its actually his brother who has downsyndrome
in my mind i thought it was Brian Dunleavy who had his account hacked
ooohhh
well that's not something "fucked up" I would say
just a wrong conclusion
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it could have been a lot worse. Cuz i know Brian Dunleavy is kinda an asshole cuz i went to elementary school with him, so i was about to be super rude
LOL
idk i feel bad now
if it makes you feel better, from reading the chat nothing seems wrong/bad
lol, if you opened up with "Hey asshole stop waving at me"
that would be horrible
ok phew
anyways hows it goin
how late did u guys end up calling yesterday?
I think it was close to 1 or something?
Sarah just wanted to know more about my feels between you guys dating
she's pretty nervous about it all
otherwise rn I'm just studying the book
I wish I had better discipline naturally lol
lol
wait really?
nervous in waht way
she's nervous about if you really want to go for it (the relationship) and stuff
partly due to you being more logical as to her being more emotional and other variables like college about to start
I didn't really tell her your concern about college starting and meeting new people and all that stuff
lol, is this what gossip is like
not as exhilarating as I thought it would be considering how hyped some people get for it
lol
ya same
and ya i'm not sure what I'm gonna do
we're meeting on Wednesday to discuss it
I'm kinda nervous too
oh are you guys not meeting late night today?
yeh it's understandable that you guys are both nervous
but hey at least you guys are both being rather mature about this
hmm
after some thought and talking with Ashley
i think its a no
you're gay????
jk jk
mainly for the reason that we're only gonna be seeing eachother for 12 days in the summer, and then college starts. which
YES
I"M GAY
which is inevitably gonna be an emotionally turbulent time
and according to ashley, everything changes up in college. theres a lot of perspective shifts and stuff as you deal with a completely new environment
hmm interesting
well I hope you two (you and Sarah) are able to come to a satisfying conclusion on Wednesday then
That's a lot
it might be hard depending on how much you two both like each other, cuz it may be unbalanced
I'm not saying that no is a bad choice, but it may be a hard choice for one of you two
are u hinting that Sarah would be pretty upset
was she very much for going for it when u guys talked?
I don't know if she was super for it
but she was suspecting you might say no
I have no idea if she's ok with that or not or rather, how much ok she'll be
hmm ok
to be honest i also don't know to what degree i like Sarah since I don't think i've actually super intensely liked anyone before
really??
like since Sarah is such a close friend, I don't like her in the butterflys in ur stomach / blushing way
Have you ever met someone you just couldn't stop thinking about?
oooh
but i know i really enjoy being around her and emotionally connect with her a lot
nah not really tbh
ahh, yeh that does sound more "comfortable" like you said before
or not to an extreme degree
maybe you'll find the one to give you butterflies in collegio
maybe
just don't get infatuated lol, that's dangerous
On a brighterside, someone injected GMO's into this banana
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lol i don't think i would be the type of person to be obssessed with another person
holy fuck what
wtf is that
it's a banana with three cores it seems
it's horrifying lol
it looks like that pokemon
yeh no one wants that kind of obsessive person lmao
there's a banana pokemon??
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ok not as much now i remember what it looks like
but the resemblance is kinda there
isn't that based on a pitcher plant not a banana? LOL
ya lol
I gotta say though
that's quite the mature move from you
the whole no thing
I think I would be too naive in a situation like that
maybe deep down i just know im meant to be single forever
LMAO
*a month later
Sarah I don't have a girlfrienddddd
lmao
hmm
yeah I don't think I've ever seen you love sick before
what about Sunning or Jenn?
I remember that Enka you were looking for Jenn around the place
I think that's the closest I've seen you
literally chasing a girl lol
Silly Roy
How can u be the alpha in the relationship if ur lovesick
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Ya I don't think I have been truly lovesick yet, merely just had small crushes
And when I get a more intense crush I bury myself in work
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LMAO
be careful in the future then
don't wanna be alone throughout the entirety of college lol
ya...
I'm sure you'll meet a good friend group at MIT
hopefully
lol idk
I'm the dude who's living in a single in freshman year prepared to bring robots for decoration and live in a lab
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i hope so
well ur friends in college are gonna be centered a lot around ur clubs and activities
or centered around weed
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cuz unlike high school college classes are usually so big it realy doesn't matter if ur in the same class as someone in terms of socializing
weed = activity lol
i know i'm joining HackMIT, which i heard is a really tight friend group so at least i know i'll have some friends lol
guessing that's a software hackathon?
You planning on joining the actual team that runs it?
ya
they also run Bluprint which is the high school hackathon
oooh huh so they're a whole organization dedicated to running hackathons?
Yup
Did you see that someone keyed lulu's mother's car with the N word on it?
They're under a larger organization called TechX
That runs a bunch of student events around campus
oh wait, we're still talking about hackathon my b lol
Wait what
Wdym
Keyed
they used a key to scratch her car
wtf
really
yeh it's on the winchester residents page
pretty crazy huh
damn
it's strange to see mathematical equations be so directly applied to described motions of the robot
I love it
math has a purpose!
instead of solving an equation to a motion
the equation does that and describe it
Tue, Jun 26th 2018, 7:05 am
ya that's how i felt for some AI algorithms as well
except its a little too much math at this pt
https://youtu.be/VC0ErgEdKBw
This is such a good 2 am sitting alone in a hammock song
Tue, Jun 26th 2018, 3:30 pm
Lmao
That sounds chill
Btw is tanishk only able to use one servo?
I’m helping him out with hardware today
uh i lost track of how many servos the battleship has
And it would the robot a little bit more reliant if it could lift the pieces off the ground, since the friction of the game pieces effect its driving
Battleship has 2
and MAGA has 2 right
Yeh
so ya middlebot can use more
Alright
I’ll give it a pitch servo
ok sounds good
i'll be at botball tomorrow
I thought you were meeting with Sarah tomorrow
nah we're gonna meet on VO tonight
/ tomorrow morning
Oh shizzzz
Lay it down easy doe
Sarah seems to be kinda really into you
shiiiiit
Idk this seems a bit messy she was talking to me about how nervous she was about this all happening
really?
well u told me that already ig uess
but nervous in what way
And that it’ll be hard for her afterwards since she’s obsessed with you
She didn’t specify
shit really
She claims it’s nervous since she doesn’t know abything
so she expects me to say no?
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I got no idea what she expects lol
Idk if she’s ok with me sending this info but I feel like for her sake it’ll be better since then you have a good gauge of how much she’s into you
yeh
Aight let me spam this chat with some pics to bury this
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i feel like i can't provide what Sarah needs/wants
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Aight
I think we’re good lol
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But yeh idk
Sounds like rn she’s more into you than you are into her
I need to help tanishk with hardware issues rn lol
idk maybe its just cuz i'm not a super emotional person
Take it ez though man
Lol that’s funny
so even if do like her as much i don't feel it as strongly
You can feel da angst
But you can’t feel the feelz
shit lol
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I can discuss with you later probs if you want
Gotta do some hardware now lmao
ok
tell tanishk i said hi
It’ll be alright though lay it down soft
And don’t jump off the roof
damn now i'm all nervous for tonight
i feel kinda sick to my stomach
Tue, Jun 26th 2018, 6:31 pm
Ah shizzz
Bruhhh
?
You’re nervous too?
Well ofc
Wed, Jun 27th 2018, 12:16 am
Man I was gonna make some more communist and WWII jokes but then I realized that there are youngins in the GCER chat
ya lol
good good ur learning to restrain urself
or else you'll be lynched in oregon
Aw man if I was white I could stereotype America SO HARD
Walk in, blasting loud music with a MAGA hat, Burger King in each hand
MacDonalds is more american
lol
Oh tru, and then have a shirt with shitty Asian characters
On a less offensive note
You two still meeting tonight?
yup
Mannn that’s some heavy shit
Ya..
I'm still nervous as fucj
Yeh
I feel like I’m watching a crash from the sideline
I can’t imagine how nervous you two feel
Well
I was telling Sam this. U and Sam will be the ones dealing with the wreckage
Whichever way it ends up going
yeah man
wtf
I need some compensation
jk
we got'chu guys
idk, what are you gonna do?
wdym
like how are you going to bring it up
you two gonna sit there up on VO?
and then just discuss it?
but you've already made a decision
I suppose it could work out since she's more anticipating/waiting for your answer
ya
basically
uhh
lol what's with the extra "uhh"
Idk lol
do ya think a late night skate will be worth it
also don't go in super nervous or else she'll go in super nervous
idk something something it's only awkward if you're awkward
I think late night skates would be worth it
Especially if u have something to think about or just wanna distress
but I'm wearing dark clothes rn lol
*de-stress
Lol
OH WAIT, I got LEDs
Well there's also not gonna be a lot of cars
I ain't got much to distress though
Well it's still peaceful
I enjoy 3 am walks a lot
hmm tru
I already slept from like 8 to 12
4 hrs or 16 hrs lol
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don't worry lol
Lol then ya I would say go for it
U can skate over to VO and be ready to diffuse the situation if it goes sourh
LOL
I could actually
don't think Sarah would appreciate that though lol
Lol ya
think I'm gonna take notes until I'm sick of it and then skate
what's the correct words in this situation for you
good luck probably isn't the best thing to say
nor is have fun
Ya... idk
don't fuck up is also a bad thing to say here
what about
"Don't worry too much, it'll be alright in the end"
Thanks lol
no problemo
Wed, Jun 27th 2018, 4:01 am
fuuuu
I don't understand the kinematics and inverses on these diagrams
and it's 4 AM
holy fuck
anyway, I hope you're doing well
I'll see ya in tomorrow I suppose and I'll get ya a cold one
Thanksss
I just got back home lol
Geezus
That’s late af
Shouldn't u be asleep
I saw a video about PCB making
Yeh I should be lol
We have botball not too long from now too lmao
Hopefully you two are still good?
Ya I have to wake up in like 3 hrs
Ya were def on a good note
I'm feeling a bit conflicted tho
Well not a bit lol
Conflicted how so?
Also I do think she likes me more than i like her
Yeh I got that feeling too
She really wanted to talk to you/missed you when you were in China
But idk how to tell her that
that was actually one of her concerns
I thought about her while I was in China but not like all the time
That she likes you more than you like her
So I think she must have an idea of it if she doesn’t think it already
Ya..
That was also probs why she was annoyed when you came back from China and didn’t talk to her immediately/the left on read thing lol
Basicallg our conclusion was that we should hang out as close friends until we both enter college and get things settled, and then see then if we want to get into a relationship
Oh ya... rip
But I feel like she wants to start basically dating now
Like not call it dating but basically dating
Idk it doesnt feel completely right
Tho another thing I was thinking was since I've never really liked anyone in our school a LOT, I like Sarah def the most out of anyone I've ever liked but idk if that feeling I'm getting is really a lot or not
You don’t feel right about the plan to wait or the idea of “dating” now?
LOL
So you basically have no real gauge since you haven’t been super emotionally into anyone before
Interesting
Well if your feelings for her last after the first months of college then you can probably safely say that’s pretty strong
Not everyone feels the same intensity
As shown in Cold Cold Man by Saint Motel, an excellent musical commentary on more stoic men
Idk what I’m spouting anymore
Wed, Jun 27th 2018, 4:36 pm
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Wed, Jun 27th 2018, 9:06 pm
Your cousin looks a lot like Ashley lol
Lol
Kinda
Who looks like you
So by transitive property
You look like a 13 year old girl
Jk jk
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I just spent another half hour on the hammock
Listening to am
LOL
Dude
You doing alright?
Charging up your angst crystals?
Ya pretty much
Thu, Jun 28th 2018, 12:37 pm
Foxy Roxy called you.
wait
i need some advice
Sarah and I talked about going to see Incredibles 2 on Friday, but she was hinting that it would be a date
use a buck converter
oh
that kind of advice
but i feel like i don't want things to progress in that way right now
but at the same time it would be kinda nice
lol damn, what happened to the whole thing
ahh yeh ic ic
arghh
nice in that you want to see incredibles 2 or that you want to hang out with Sarah? Since the later contradicts your statement of not wanting things to progress that way
no i'm fine with hanging out with Sarah, and I personally am fine with hanging out with ppl I like in a friend way but for Sarah according to her, its hard for her to hang out with someone she likes unless its in a romantic way
so i want to hang out with Sarah but I'm afraid she will interpret as taking it to the next level
tbh i just want things to be the same as before :'/
yeah she mentioned something similar to me, the how she thinks its hard, but she also told me she wanted to back off since she doesn't like it when she likes someone more than they like them, but but she also said that she's 100% fine rn lol
lmaoo, is the regret already starting, don't sweat it too much
I think your two options rn are to either
1. Trust that Sarah is fine and understands your stance well enough
2. Call it off or pull a "can I invite another person" move lol
calling it off and the other person will kinda result in the same thing, but calling it off is way more harsh. However, the inviting thing is kinda a lame move on Sarah if she just wanted it to be you two lol, but then again if she wanted it to be very strictly you two then it could hint romantic or maybe she just wants to hang out and see how it goes
idk man, it's hard to predict emotional stuff like this lol
Esp since she mentions that she's pretty romantic
*emional
not romantic lol
emotional
there were also moments when she wanted me to say something about you, for example when you looked for Jenn during an Enka, she said she could handle whatever it could be, but then she didnt LOL
lol
actually the reason i messaged u was cuz i was about to talk abotu going to see incredibles in the treehouse chat
pulling an invite another person move
LMAO
I feel, I would do that too
but idk
also wait what happened to sarah during enka?
or like she reacted badly when u told her about me looking for jen
nah nah nothing happened to Sarah, it was when we were hanging out and you wanted to find Jenn
ooh
wait this year?
yeh Sarah said she would be fine no matter what the story was, but then she was like, "oof"
yeh this was probably within this week
ah
damn idk what to do
i'm really afraid i'm gonna hurt Sarah's feelings
but i also recongize if i go with it too much I could hurt Sarah even more later if we don't end up dating
yeh that's very true
she also didn't ever mention seeing incredibles to me before so she probably wanted it to be a you two thing idk
you could pull a move like, we can shop together before seeing the incredibles
and then I'll be like wut
but that would be putting up an act lol, idk how you would feel going through with something like that
ya i don't think iwanna do that
maybe i'll just ask her
oooh, good thinking
asking the source
on VO i told her I like to be direct and asked her if she would be ok with that
and she was like "Ya I can handle it"
but i'm not sure lol
exactly lol, I feel like she sometimes just says stuff and then can't handle it later
except for horror movies, she just refuses to watch them
ugh idk how to deal with this
Now with the third option
that seems like the most logical and straightforward option
and it lines up with what you claimed how you will act
not to mention it's not as abrupt as asking someone else to come
ya
ok are you down for 7 PM tomorrow?
for Incredibles
and walking around / eating dinner in boston beforehand
LOL
yeah sure
was she ok ok with it?
ya i think
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well i mean
i feel like she wasn't completely ok with it but
LOL
time to third wheel super hard
it's ok, I'll just be calling Sam the whole time
lol
uh i just want things to go back to normal
what was normal to you though?
idk i guess close friends
Thu, Jun 28th 2018, 8:25 pm
Fyi were about to come kidnap u
If u don't wanna come to bois night just lmk lol
But ur probably asleep
Fri, Jun 29th 2018, 12:23 am
I was asleep
I need to start chapter 4 of the book now lol
Lol ok
Are u on track
Lmao fuk no
I’ll have to be hauling so much ass
Rip
Fri, Jun 29th 2018, 2:57 pm
Foxy Roxy called you.
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
What kind of weeb stuff would iman want
Depends on what’s in stock
It’s called
Danganronpa
Ok there's like no anime merch besides actual books here
ahhh
No worries
Would she like a mindful as fuck tshirt
Lol
Uh
Her family is there at the party
Extended family
Ya I think I'll have to go back to get sokmething later
Sat, Jun 30th 2018, 1:32 am
https://www.cnet.com/news/honda-stops-developing-asimo-its-friendly-humanoid-robot-report-says/
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Wave goodbye to Asimo.
"The automobile giant is said to be shifting focus to developing more practical robots"
A dark day has come
Oh no
The dreaded application
feelsbad
"SpotMini will be the first robot Boston Dynamics commercialized in its 26-year history."
holy shit they're 26 years old
https://www.therobotreport.com/amazon-consumer-robot-mobile-echo-show/
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Bloomberg recently reported that Amazon is working on a secret home robot. People keep sending me the link and asking “what do you think Amazon’s robot is going to do”? First, let me be clear that I don’t have any inside info about this. I founded the Cloud Robotics team at Google back in 20...
I'll probably have to read this when I recharge my stamina but the article seems interesting
https://www.therobotreport.com/chinese-xiaoyi-ai-platform-passes-national-medical-licensing-tests/
They also have their own version of pepper lol
Sat, Jun 30th 2018, 6:25 pm
We’re picking you up after Sarah
Ok sounds good
Your street is 11 thornberry street right?
Yup
Mon, Jul 2nd 2018, 7:42 am
That Japanese hobbiest who made some impressive quadrupeds with off the shelf components
Used it to make a wombat lol
https://youtu.be/GS_gBbwGn7w
Mon, Jul 2nd 2018, 9:53 am
Lmaooo
How's the dark side treatin ya?
Mon, Jul 2nd 2018, 1:55 pm
Lots of business stuffs
I wore a t shirt and red sneakers
I kinda stand out
Lol
What did u do on yr first day
Learned Air Force stuff
Acronyms
Lots of business form names
How the company is structured
Drank some kool aid
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Export control?
Did they give u the "leak information and the government will kill you" talk
Nah that’s tomorrow
Lol
How’s your boat though?
Have you played lonely islands boat song outloud yet?
I'm still in Boston lol
About to board
Tue, Jul 3rd 2018, 4:26 pm
How long are you there again?
Until the 9th
*whew
Cuz I think we’re way behind on botball
Every time I leave something breaks on Krakatoa
I’m not even exaggerating
Damn
You and I never had this problem though
If you weren’t here the software didn’t break
If I wasn’t there the hardware didn’t break
And vice versus
*versa
We were able to keep the train running even if one of us weren’t there
I don’t get ittttt
I’m also a bit triggered since I’m getting these it broke messages while I’m at work trying to not break their code
Oh I’m helping out with some buzzwords rn
Machine Learning
Lol really?
Wait is it hardware that's broken or software
Yeh I can’t say what for but it’s buzzy
And what machine learning r u working in on
Oh
Using tensor flow
Lots of complaining about python paths
And different environment configurations
Wait so ur just doing software then
And it’s hardware that’s breaking
Yeh
Hardware breaking for botball
Did I hear ur using the best programming language
I’m ok with that though, I need to brush up on my CS
That's right
Fuck yea
I can do electronics and hardware at home
Not ok with python though
The other interns were all impressed when I said I used Emacs lol
Lol
“Look Randy, he’s (gonna be) a real programmer”
Little do they know I just use it to browse IEEE
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Jk jk
It’s nice here though
At Aptima I was fairly alone in what I did
I’m also using R to help out with data shiz
Histograms for days
Damn
Looks like ur starting on ur path to the most interesting field in existence
Data science?
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They have some pretty good animatronics here
What kind of fancy ass cruise you at
And yeah that’s pretty believable on first sight, impressive
I'm at universal studios
Oooohhh
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Yet another top meme from Buzz
Thu, Jul 5th 2018, 2:50 am
WAIT A SEC
I learned from work yesterday
that apparently in Python
NaN is technically a float data type
and so if NaN causes problems then the readout would be a float error
that's so weird
gotta find out the history to this
awww
the reason isn't that full of interesting history it's just from
IEEE 754 formats include NAN in their definitions
Thu, Jul 5th 2018, 9:01 am
Huh that's wierd
Have you discovered anything new in your cruise?
Thu, Jul 5th 2018, 12:41 pm
I'm still in Florida
About to go on the cruise today
Wait wuttt
You weren’t on a boat this whole time?!
No
I was at universal remember
I'm probably gonna lose internet
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Apparently on the nasa Atlantis shuttle, the robotic arms are all made by Canada cuz apparently in the 80s canadian companies could make robotic arms with more advanced motor control than the us
Dang now that’s actually super interesting
I wonder why the US got ahead now, you never really hear of Canadian robotics nowadays
Canada even helped with MassRobotics since they talked about how they want to spread knowledge and try to make something similar up there in the snow
How long are you cut off from the rest of society?
For 3 days
Well my family has one internet pass
So I can occasionally go on the interwebs
Internet planes that beam lasers of knowledge to people around the world is very much needed
I also have some new info to report
And you’ll find this slightly concerning, I also found it bad
There’s a little robot drone called SwitchBlade
It’s super advanced, seems like it has the capacity to be autonomous
And just goes around slamming itself into people and completely killing them
It’s also small and incrediblely hard to track
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I need to write and share this idea before I forget
Hurst’s idea was to design legs with the idea of mechanical dynamics in mind, no longer placing motors at joints just because that’s what it’s like in animals
Well how come full on humanoids haven’t been built with that philosophy
The arm could be built with low inertia in mind so when swinging it wouldn’t cost as much energy
Ok that’s the skeletal idea
Thanks lol
Sun, Jul 8th 2018, 6:56 pm
Back in Boston
I MISSED INTERNET SO MUCH
Sun, Jul 8th 2018, 8:59 pm
Welcome back!!!
Yeah now you can reconnect to humanity
Mon, Jul 9th 2018, 3:23 pm
My nurse met someone from BD doe, it’s insane
He got to see a sneak video of probs handle v2 that can jump over a car!
How was the cruise overall?
Mon, Jul 9th 2018, 8:13 pm
Fuk dude this comic made me cry in the hospital
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damn
that was really sad
Right dude??
why are you crying in a hospital?
That shit fucked me up
still checkin up on the diahhrea
The comic was why I cried in the hospital lol
i meant why in a hospital lol
Closing your eyes and opening them to a few minutes left, that’s terrifyingly sad shit
Ooohh virus apparently
I need to check up with my doc again cuz apparently my potassium levels in my blood are a little too high and something something heart
oh damn
wait are you staying at the hospital?!
or just visiting again
I was until like an hour ago
Now I just have to visit again
damn what virus do u have
aids?
Yeh
It’s cuz I got vaccinated
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Heard you drank a beer though!
the governments poisoining u
Did you get drunk and then become the wolf of wallstreet?
lmao
no i just drank one can of beer
my cheeks turn a bit red and my face was warm
that's pretty much it
LOL
You have Asian flush?
mayb? i don't think i've had enough alcohol to k lol. it was just like a tiny bit red
red cheeks are a typical thing for alcohol i think
Shit I didn’t realize you were Asian
Sorry I can’t hang out with you anymore
I only hang out with Protestant honkies
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have u been watching too much black dynamite
Maybe
And sad comics
lmao i actually watched another episode
It’s quite the contradictory viewment
u didn't mention that the orphanage was also a whorehouse
Oh you did??
Oh yeh
lmaoo
Forgot about that LOL
"a hoe mammas better than no mamma"
LMAO
Dude this show has so many good quotes
ya ikrr
Some of the lines I don’t get at all but then after you google them you learn a lot
damn like what
like honkie lol
Lmao nah I knew that from the south
This show is where I learned what a pimp hand was
uh
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" The hand used to smack your ho's around. "
damn
Yeh
Not even PC nor PH
PG
there was a whole episode where about how the long haired pimp in Black Dynamites crew had a weak pimp hand and so his hos bossed him around like he was a beta
This fukin show
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hows the job going?
what kinda machine learning stuff are you doing
Tue, Jul 10th 2018, 1:09 am
Something about forests lol
Idk there’s only one dude building the neural net
One person on GUI
One person on servers
And then just data science
I helped a little bit with the data science and servers
Cuz Linux
Tue, Jul 10th 2018, 11:48 am
Lol what do u mean something about forests
Are u dealing with data regarding forests
Or are u using random decision forests for ur algorithm
Tue, Jul 10th 2018, 6:33 pm
Yo r u home?
Wed, Jul 11th 2018, 1:22 am
Yes I am now
Decision forests
Not random though
Idk if I can say what the data is about
But there’s more than a terrabyte of it all
Oh damn
That’s why they had to use and maintain servers
To store and aggregate all the data
Ya wow
But u said the thing they were doing was like a contest?
Is it actually doing something useful
Or more like a training exercise for interns
Yeh the contest is to make and solve various problems that Booz Allen can use and or for future R&D
Nah, trying to actually make useful things
Now I wish I didn’t join so late lol
Ya rip
Hopefully tho they'll put u on more things
That's how my first week at accion was, I basically just read over some manuals of different msp430 models, and a lot of the time I was on messenger lol cuz I finished early
But that was cuz I was Accions first intern cuz it's a startup so they didn't completely k what to do with me, and plus my supervisor was at a conference. It got a lot better once they assigned me to help actually do some stuff with my supervisor in the later weeks
Wed, Jul 11th 2018, 10:27 am
MSP430, that sounds familiar, based on what I remember I think that’s a Texas Instruments chip, 16 bit, wow I got to the point where I can recognize some chip model names I’ve become a loser nerd
How can I become a Chad now?!
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And that’s fairly relieving to hear your experience with all that
Thu, Jul 12th 2018, 9:28 am
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Hey someone had a semi-similar idea to me!
And Reddit’s comment section strikes again lol
Woah that's pretty cool
“One week after release: Marijuana robots continue to evade police”
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Lmaoo
Dudeee
Instead of robots delivering power to people
Have weedbots that give people dank lush
*kush
Need to smoke a joint in the park? No problem, just call for a weedbot
Damn now that's a venture I would fund
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Actually that would be a fun little side project, making an autonomous plant bot
Like upgrade that robot up a little to be able to drink water to water the plant
The ultimate plantbot would be that the plant somehow powers the robot
Ya that would be amazing
Also r u able to leave early from work?
I can technically leave by 4
But I ain’t got no transportation
Ah
Sarah wants to go boda borgin
And she said she could pick u up from ur workplace
Thu, Jul 12th 2018, 3:59 pm
get online
wtf
you suck
hurry up
i can pick you up
i hate you
Thu, Jul 12th 2018, 7:07 pm
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
Thu, Jul 12th 2018, 11:14 pm
I was still “working” at that time
Lol
Did you guys end up going to boda?
I tend to silent and not use my phone as much when at work
Lol nah
Wait really?? Why not the two of you
Damn u were working until 7?
Nah boda borg is lame with just 2 ppl
Working lol
I just had to write some macros
Fun
But turned out they were due tomorrow
How is it going?
Did u talk to ur boss about doing more stuff
Yeh I’m getting code review assignments soon
Time to read and document code lmao
I’ve just been secretly installing ROS on all the computers
Jk I’ve only just done it on mine and the virtual boxes
Ubuntu 18.04 is really weird
I personally don’t like it
Probs sticking with 16.04 in the meantime
What are the differences
The UI is pretty different
I’m confused as to how they can update so quickly like that
Same thing with ROS
Updates with each new release of ubuntu since it breaks everything lol
If I learned anything from servers here
Don’t update all packages unless you’re just using it as a regular computer
Otherwise only update and manage your packages more carefully and specifically if you wanna be a pro boi
Fri, Jul 13th 2018, 1:06 pm
You feeling alright dude?
Fri, Jul 13th 2018, 4:43 pm
Ya I feel like I'm getting resick
Fri, Jul 13th 2018, 10:04 pm
Do you need anything rn?
Hope you feel better soon!
Btw during Botball do you kind if you help out the Krakatoa team with path programming and stuff
I’ll get you some cold ones
Nah I don't need anything thanks
And ya I help when they ask. It's mainly there's a disconnect between Jason and Rhea bc rhea can't read Jason's code and Jason doesn't comment so when things go wrong sometimes I just help rhea rewrite functions Jason wrote
But I can be more active in helping them too
<3
rip
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that's in our MIT group chat
LMAO
RIP business kids
have you said anything yet in that chat?
Meet any new friends yet?
also lulu got her housing results btw, so I'm assuming they sent them to you too?
also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGotRiOUNx8
Sat, Jul 14th 2018, 10:09 am
lmaoooo
ya I'm at Burton Connor
the one with the wierd video and memes
holy shit I'm a tripllee?!!!
Sat, Jul 14th 2018, 4:34 pm
LOL
damnnnn
welp, you better keep clean
who's your roommies?
Sat, Jul 14th 2018, 9:23 pm
Burton Connor does floor rush so basically it doesnt matter, I'll be rechoosing them anyways
And I can switch out of the triple
Ahhh
That’s good lol
Two roommates seem like a bit too much ya feel
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Look what Iman found
Lmaoo
Wait did she actually take that pic
Mon, Jul 16th 2018, 11:14 pm
not sure
probably?
Tue, Jul 17th 2018, 9:50 pm
Damn
I just watched the first 3 episodes of full metal alchemist
It's actually pretty good
Especially the backstory, quite emotionally hardhitting
Fuck I don't want to become a weeb
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Wed, Jul 18th 2018, 8:33 am
LOL
DUDEEEE
ITS SO FUCKING GOOD RIGHT
it’s just like hella solid writing
Are you watching the 2003 original or brotherhood?
Brotherhood
Cuz I heard the 2003 original is not as complete or true to the full manga
Niceeee brotherhood is usually the better one
Shit dude
This
This is not
I'm slipping down a slippery slope
Yeh the 2003 one spins off since the manga wasn’t finished at the time but it was thumbed up by the og manga artist
LOL
yeh u r
Wut u think so far
I think it's pretty good
I hope they explain the magic system more
Oh no worries dude
Alchemy is gud shiz
Though they treat it more as the biggest science in the show
Aight I think I’m taking off soon
Okee
Sitting next to two girls, now I got ptsd from the GCER flight when I fell alsleep on the girl next to me
Have fun in Oregon
Lmaoo
OOH I completely forgot
About that story
I could totally make this a dress story
LOL tru that’s one story that’s exclusive to us lol
Oh shiz
You got meh
Make sure to bring us some wheed
LMAO
You got it
🐱
Also lmk what hurst is like cuz I'm curious now after a year of hyp
Wed, Jul 18th 2018, 1:53 pm
i remember you mentioned you wanted to k more about block chain and cryptocurrencies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBC-nXj3Ng4
this is a really great video for explaining it. 3blue1brown is one of my favorite math related youtube channels
Idk what he’s like honestly lol
Joyce from MassRobotics says he’s nice and stuff and he seemed chill in his irl and recorded talks
Yooo you watch 3blue1brown too??
Ye I need to watch that video
Get those good definitions of buzzwords so I can properly throw it around investors
🐱
Wed, Jul 18th 2018, 9:48 pm
yo when do u get back from oregon again?
Probs Saturday
Tbh
Corvallis as a town kinda sucks so far
Expected something akin to state college
Got something less than that
Met the grad students at the lab though
They were impressed with me enough to say I’m above the other undergrads in terms of knowledge and content, and told other grads that they’ll probably see me a lot in the lab in the future
I think that’s a good thing?
Idk how I feel about them thinking I know more than all the other undergrads though
Wouldn’t that imply that the regular curriculum is meh if me as an incoming freshman knows more than a good amount of the undergrads who’ve been here for more than a year now
its probably just got to do with how focused u are maybe
i doubt freshman courses will be teaching inverse kinematics and stuff
also what time on Saturday? we're tryna plan a botball meeting to determine next years officers
ahh tru tru, idk jack shit about chemistry anymore
maybe I'm _too_ focused
feel like I've had this realization before
ya
we've also talked abotu this
i don't think theres anything wrong with it as long as you recognize it and keep yourself open to other possibilities should they arise
Fri, Jul 20th 2018, 3:13 am
Oh shit
Is it weird to send a message
And then in like 5 min to send an add on small one
But then it looks like there was a clear gap since joe messenger looks/works
lol
i don't think thats that wierd
unless its to certain ppl who would actually notice and care
why?
Oh it was just to someone I met here
And idk how they would take it so I’m assuming that they have a normie mentality in terms of texting
But idk what constitutes normie
🐱
lol
Shits hard man
Just hoping she doesn’t find it weird
oooh
so is a girl
you fox
Why does that help explain stuff
And no I ain’t no Fox
She’s the one who talked to me first
I was planning on just reading papers quietly by myself the whole day
And skipping the tours
no it wasn't an "oooooooh *realization*" it was an "ooooooooooooooh *amazement*"
After saying my og plan outloud I really do have a focus problem
LOL
Thanks man
🐱
lol
well is she hannah 2.0
or is she a normal human
Idk
She has purple hair
She’s also an artist but going into engineering
And she’s from Las Vegas
oh SHIT
And likes doctor who
Roy be careful
She seems like one of the alt kinda ppl
oh damn
u gettin adventurous i c
branching out
Ya know wut I mean
foxy
jk i'm tired
Like the kind of person to be in a different friend group than us in highschool
Probs
And no I ain’t adventuring anywhere
ya i get what u mean
so like
hmmm
lik edgy linnea?
She just happened to talk to me and then we stuck together through the rest of orientation
LOL
Idk
She seemed more outgoing and bubblier and quirky than Linnea
I was honestly being kinda colder than usual idk why
I wasn’t very sure what kind of stuff we had in common
Until we played cards against humanity
Time to bust out my southern racist jokes
Jk jk
She also got rejected from cmu
Had I sensed that she was more like you or Sam in terms of humor early on
I would’ve made some joke based on that
But I refrained since I didn’t know how she was going to take it
Maybe I should let some of my sense of humor out more
ya
i mean its orientation so like it doesn't hurt
Fuck honkies amirite
theres only a small chance you will keep in contact and still be friends with her once u actually get to campus
Wait can’t make that joke I think she’s at least half white
so might as well offend some liberals
i mean
LMAO
show them your true self
Tru
Thanks for the advice man
ya np
We happen to live near each other in the same honors dorm though
Don’t wanna be known as unironically Alex zhang too early on
oh lol
Aight imma catch some Z’s gnight!
gnight!
have fun at orientation tomorrow
and don't get too high
Thanks dude, have fun treehousing I suppose lol
And taking daddy Arthur’s $$$$$$$
lol
Fri, Jul 20th 2018, 2:47 pm
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These are the worst designed urinals I have ever seen
lmao wut
that's like a toilet/urinal hybrid
that's such an awkward urinal too cuz theres like 0 privacy
is that what all the urinals look like at OSU
Nah this set only existed in the engineering building
Which is even funnier
maybe the engineering kids are just true bros
gotta have room to reach over in case your bro needs help
Tru bros that are loners for life
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🐱
🐱
Holy shit I just bumped into Hurst
He was really nice
Oh nice
Like in the hallway or in his lav
In the hallway lmao
Lol did u like stop him
I like turned around quickly once I realized who that was
Asked him if he was dr. Hurst
And then we just talked and walked into his lab and talked a little bit more in his lab
Lol dang nice
Did he remember u from the emails
Fri, Jul 20th 2018, 8:29 pm
Yeh seemed like it
When I said Roy
He said ooh
Fri, Jul 20th 2018, 11:10 pm
Idk if she liked my joke
Fuck dude
Mayday
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Roy u fox
Jk
Is that the angsty Linnea
What kind of a response is o o f to an attempted joke? :’(
Wut does that mean
Pls don’t call her that lol
Alex is fairly bubbly
Lol I think she just didn't k how to respond
Yeh tru
I’m just overthinking this shit
I’m so much more at ease when talking about nerd shit
ye
don't worry about it too much
Sat, Jul 21st 2018, 6:56 am
Dude your vlog was amazing
That was hilarious
Sat, Jul 21st 2018, 11:29 am
Lol thanks man
I was lonely and bored at 2 AM
Sat, Jul 21st 2018, 5:40 pm
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Fri, Jul 27th 2018, 11:58 am
Foxy Roxy called you.
Foxy Roxy missed a call from you.
I need to turn this thing on sound and not vibrate
Mon, Jul 30th 2018, 12:12 am
You called Foxy Roxy.
Wed, Aug 1st 2018, 11:04 pm
This botguy that I have is urs right
did you take two? lol
Ya I thought it was David's
ah ic ic
yeh no worries, I'll be seeing you anyway
Okee
Did u k
Actually I'll put this in treehouse
LOL
aight
btw, how do you console a friend who has financial troubles?
Oh wut
Is this alex
yeh
I'm really hot headed rn
I think I need to go out for a night ride to cool off
fuck money man
lol, sounding like a hippe already
Oh shit
Well I know someone who is in a similarly financially unstable situation (well I know him through another person, call them person x)
Person x gave him $200
I don't think that's necessarily the solution lol but it is A solution
she needs 10k
I can only offer 1k rn lol, if I use the money from work I can probably get up to 6k, but that's before taxes
Wait why? What's wrong with her finances
Thu, Aug 2nd 2018, 2:00 am
apparently she needs 10-15k left that's still not covered
she could take out more loans but she's scared of student debt
and at the same time she'll need to have a job and all that jazz during school
idk man, shits hard
Fri, Aug 3rd 2018, 6:34 pm
holy fuck FMA is so goo
i just finished the episode where lust dies
ok i finished ep.20 . I'm just gonna put some predictions in here: 1. It seems pretty obvious that Hohenheim is the one behind the Homunculus, especially when he warns that something bad is about to happen in the country 2. The whole Xing alchemy subplot is eventually gonna lead Al to his body, or they even create a new homunculus body for Al 3. Hohenheim took the pic of their family, which seems uncharacteristically sentimental. so i think he's gonna create a new homunculus that looks like the Mom? or even the whole family. Maybe to replace Lust who just died?
Yeh Roy was a badass when he took down lust, holy shit
Oh hohohohoho
You’re gonna have fun with this series
I forget when you see pride, did they reveal that yet?
Sat, Aug 4th 2018, 6:59 am
No but I googled homunculus when it was first mentioned in the seri3s and the images gave it away
It's the little kid right?
Or he was standing among the other homunculi and pride is the only one unaccounted for so
Sun, Aug 5th 2018, 1:46 pm
hehehe
you'll see
it's different for 2003 FMA and Brotherhood
also did you know that
Val and Sam have become linux users?
it's spreading
Wut
I knew val
But why do they need it lol
cuz they wanna have nicer environments to program in
and also I'm spreading anti-windows propaganda across down
stapling fliers to trees
🐱
Mon, Aug 6th 2018, 7:25 am
Lol
Dude I got wasted last night
Apparently it was fucking hilarious
But I also threw up
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Yoo found an ELO concert
Mon, Aug 6th 2018, 1:57 pm
LMAO
you threw up from it??
bruhhh
are you feeling okay? Drink lots of water or eat a raw egg, idk that's what reddit said
and damn, I didn't know ELO was still active tbh lol, that's pretty dope doe
It's probably bigger in europe
yeh tru
those weirdo europeans
don't understand real music
like soja boi
Oh I meant cuz ELO is British isn't it?
what
it is?
You can tell how much I look into music history now
Ya
Lol it's all good
Also the audio clips from when I was drunk are super funny
were you like Sarah loopy?
Lol kinda
Tho I ranted about star wars and marvel a lot
wow
nerd af
even when drunk
well at least you aren't one of those sad depressing af drunks
Tue, Aug 7th 2018, 4:55 am
Ya
I also vomited a bunch of times
Wed, Aug 8th 2018, 10:39 am
I think I'm feeling guilty for not messaging Hannah back for weeks now
not sure why
sudo autoremove isn't working
Lol
I mean
Do u like her?
no
I just feel guilty
you don't have to like someone to feel guilty lol
I think
Well but if u don't like her and she's a random stranger you've never met, there's no reason to be guilty
If the thing thats bothering u is that ur being rude, u could also just text her saying ur taking a break from messenger and won't be responding anytime soon
And that's a nonrude way to end convo
but I hypothesize the guilt is coming from the fact that we have talked and she didn't really do anything wrong and I all of a sudden ghost her, rude af
oh tru tru, I could say I'm becoming a monk and will only use social media to promote robo kind
🐱
🐱
dude, I was installing some web-dev tools (shudder)
Why?
and fucking emojis showed up in the installation notes and printouts
internet farted for a bit, now I'm back
and for work
Lol wut
I'm confused
Same
But emojis can now show up on the terminal and I’m shook
I’m going to write so many shitposts readouts for programs now
“Segmentation Fault 👌😂👉🏾👌🤷🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♂️🍌🍌🍆🍆”
Wait what
What kind of terminal are u using
The standard Linux one man
... can display emojis?
Ubuntu terminal now supports fucking emojis
Lmao why the fuck
Is there like a standard for emoji text
How do u even output emojis from a file
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In 18.04, which is what my VM rn is
It’s a thing now
Oh so are they all part of a package
Not sure
Haven’t read too much into it
I’m afraid of what I’ll become if I do
Like when my program is running I’ll have outputs like: “ESTABLISHING CONNECTION TO THE ☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️ for 🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤖🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓😂😂😂😂✋🏿✋🏿✋🏿✋🏿”
Wed, Aug 8th 2018, 3:56 pm
Oh god
I couldn't find more offensive emojis
emojis aren't good enough for memes
just more cringe
Emojis can be pretty memey
Look what I just discovered
👈(*_*👈)
LOL
dude, you genius
put that at the end of a memory leak error message
"Hey bby, check out this leak"
Lolol
Sat, Aug 11th 2018, 4:34 am
Here are some of the more black hat incidents from DEF CON that you should get a chuckle from
I didn’t think Sarah would appreciate us tech barfing in the treehouse too much so here ya go in here lol
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Lmaoo
The MBTA shutting shit down
I guess DEFCON can't really control that
There's always gonna be some black hackers who use defcon to do random shit
Apparently there was a reporter who tried to catch black hatters admitting to their crimes at DEF CON but she was found out and like mobbed out of the conference by the attendees lol
It’s like the black hat character from XKCD but real
Lnao
I haven't read enough xkcd to know
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Here’s some of black hats best antics in my opinion lol
Do you think you’ll try some shady stuff at CCC?
Also I should probably actually sleep now
Good day to you man!
Lnaoo
Good night
Damn the first one is really sad
Sat, Aug 11th 2018, 5:09 pm
yeh...
black hat is psychotic
Mon, Aug 13th 2018, 3:17 pm
"how did 'the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog' become the typical sentence that contains all letters of the alphabet and not 'sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow' which is objectively a million times cooler" -from reddit
I gotta admit, that is way cooler
Lmaoo
Damn that's really cool
also
Being attracted to people who wear glasses is the one fetish for physically impared that's socially acceptable
Uh
What
Was this part of a big debate or smthn lmao
no lol, it was just two completely separate threads
some thought provoking stuff though huh?
Tue, Aug 14th 2018, 3:43 am
I mean
I don't think any fetish for disabled ppl needs to be socially unacceptable
As long as they abide by the conventional rules of consent and what not that apply to any fetish
Tue, Aug 14th 2018, 8:47 am
yeh, but like
if you go out and mention
you like girls in wheelchairs
ppl gonna give you dat stinkeye
🐱
also
you would really appreciate this
https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/9768xa/clip_from_yesterdays_tesla_presentation/
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5871 points and 159 comments so far on reddit
you NEED to see it
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There’s been a lot of good shit on reddit lately
Thu, Aug 16th 2018, 11:07 am
Did you see the Elon Musk meme?
Nah it didn't load lol
But that comic
Is quite depressing
bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, you have to see that elon musk gif somehow
it's handsdown the best gif I have ever seen
yeh the comic is pretty funny
Lol
I'll be sure to let you see that gif when you come back then
cuz it's literally a must see
Lol ok I'm tryna load it now
How has work been?
meh, nothing too interesting
I've just been installing different linux distros and messing around with some computer vision stuff
not company related
just cuz I don't have much to do
Oh really
Wait what are the company related things that ur doing?
SLOC analysis and stuff like that lol
What's sloc
source lines of code
Ah
it's used for like estimating maintenance time and stuff like that for the code
on the bright side, there's a nice healthy restaurant nearby that actually tastes good af
Lol nice which one?
idk what it's called tbh
I just walk in and walk out with food
never bothered to check the name and stuff
Sun, Aug 19th 2018, 12:40 pm
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Mon, Aug 20th 2018, 7:56 am
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I found an overrated piece of shit
Mon, Aug 20th 2018, 4:06 pm
LMAO
She got a big potatoe forehead
and no eyebrows
did you manage to get a faceswap? If I remember correctly she's usually surrounded by glass and a shit ton of people
Mon, Aug 20th 2018, 6:59 pm
Lmao dude I think your head is in the beginning of this vid
https://youtu.be/masUImqn8KQ
Mon, Aug 20th 2018, 9:33 pm
Of course I got a faceswap
The only reason I went to the louvre
LOL
niceee
I didn't even know you could use your front facing camera for that
what's it feel like to be back in the land of the freely armed?
Sick
Sick of all the GUN RIGHTS?!
Well the police here don't have machine guns
So that's not as cool
See I’ve been practicing democratic humor
Lmaooo
Do you have to pack for tomorrow or?
Ya
Well I'll pack tomorriw
LOL
Bruh
Wait how come lulu is already there, but you’re going tomorrow?
Is it cuz of different pre-orientation stuff?
Maybe I shouldn’t have opted for a free book
Ya she starts one day before me
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Apparently Agility was at a MARS conference
I had no idea
Why is there a giant plastic bottle
Is that suppose to be a spaceship model
LMAO
So many burns today
Lol
It's past 11
In europe
Tue, Aug 21st 2018, 4:13 pm
You recovered from the jet lag yet?
Ya I think so
I'm starting to pack now
It doesn't really feel like I'm about to be moving out of my house
I guess it's cuz I'm only 20 min away lol
Yeh lol, but you’ll rarely come back to Winchester now
Nah I'll be back every week or so
Well I guess I'll speak after I figure out my schedule in college
No way what are you going to be doing back here
Yeh lol
But I think i should be able make time
Also this guy already does the whole generative AI for designs
Like what you mentioned, using AI to farm knowledge
Also my mom works there so she can literally pick me up after work, and then drop me off the next morning when she goes to work
Though it is really primitive, but it’s going on
You don’t wanna live 24/7 on campus?
https://youtu.be/aR5N2Jl8k14
Ooh
Wait I think I've seen that Ted talk
A while ago
Just had to come up in my recommended, thought that sounded strangely familiar
You should sue him
🐱
So are you still packing rn?
Any twilight thoughts before you step onto campus, actually starting your journey?
Probably won’t see a lot of people from here for a long time
lol
i mean i kinda sat on a ledge and listend to arctic monkeys in Paris
and when i woke up today
i was just reminiscing about high school and stuff
i'm probably not gonna sleep tonight and go out and sit on ledges around MIT
its a lot less of a clean start on a journye for me cuz i'm always so close to home and plus ive spent a lot of time in Cambridge previously anyways
for you its like a new beginning
what are your thoughts on moving all the way across the country?
I don't have any lmao
I mean #1. is that I'm going to miss my friends here, that's going to be a constant
#2. a little concerned about turning into a labrat
otherwise I'm not all too concerned, I mean I've done this before lol, only difference is that I'm missing my friends WAY harder now
honestly though, if I didn't have this goal of "robotics" though I'm sure I would be having a much more different time rn
it's partly because of that motivation that I'm not wallowing in reminiscence, because I'm pretty excited to jump in and create bigger things
aw man though, you're already in MIT for the rest of the time? No way to hang out??
the missing friends stuff is weighing heavy on me though gotta admit
I'M A WIMP
normally I would be fine being isolated in an office for 10 hours a day, but just knowing my friends are going and I won't be able to see them easily when I come back now is distressful
I think I'm always fine with isolation as long as I always knew there would be friends when I stepped back out the door
Wait brb I'm moving into my room rn but I'll read/respond soon
LMAO
have fun dude!
Wed, Aug 22nd 2018, 12:01 am
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2787/4455705355_1da382373d_b.jpg
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There's fuking zip ties going up the telescopic legs
Y U H H H H H H H H H H
Sick lol
That's the engineering process at work
1986-87
and yet to this day
nothing has changed
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Sat, Aug 25th 2018, 2:18 pm
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925 points and 55 comments so far on reddit
You can patent stuff like this? Lol
Kinda looks like memes are leaking into more official things
Lmaoo
Probably patented by a Gtech student
Apparently it was fucking IBM
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Sun, Aug 26th 2018, 3:40 pm
http://libgen.io/
Here ya go, forget if I posted here already or not
What ur coming?
Lol
Yuh. Dude
Was going to be a surprise lol
Fuk oops
Oh rip
Lulu was next to me when u guys told her lol
Come check out my dorm!
🐱
When you done with that orientation part today?
Just finished
Are u guys still here?
Eating dinner rn
I’ll still be around
Jenn needs to get back home by 9 and Wong drove here
Eating dinner where?
Don't buy food! There's soo much free food everywhere
I can take u guys
We already ordered bruh
🐱
What kind of free food?
There's so many different events
I just don’t wanna go to work tomorrow
Ah lol
Wait so where are u guys eating
Area 4 pizza
That place is super expensive
Isn't it
There's a party tonight at East Campus, where they built giant trebuchets and other structures in their yard and they're showing it off
All built in like 3 days it's crazy
LOL
I wonder if they follow the subreddit for trebuchets
Yeh it is...
Mah savings
You planning on going to the party?
I'm there now lol
It hasn't quite started yet tho
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
Bruhhh
I’m at ec rn
Oh fuck hold on
You called Foxy Roxy.
Where you at
I can't hear u
I’m at the back
Where are u I'll meet u up
The gyroscopic light thing
Uh which side are u calling the back
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Share ur location
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How you do that
Still partying?
I'm chilling with ppl at my dorm rn
I’m at Sarah’s rn
You think you can come over rn?
I need to talk to you about something
Rn?
Wait come over to harvard?
Yeh
Uhh idk if I can tonight
Is it something I can talk to u about over call
Nah, perhaps some other time soon
Do u wanna come over after ur done visiting sarah?
It’s 11 pm lol
Aight
I have 2 tests tomorrow I have to prep for :/
Otherwise I could probably come over
Okay
Tue, Aug 28th 2018, 8:24 pm
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I’m very skeptical about these results
But I am surprised and impressed
Unemployment is actually second
Damn
I thought Gtech had the fastest
66.31 was buzz’s
Wonder what happened
Sun, Sep 2nd 2018, 3:14 am
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Yoo are u free tomorrow?
That's my rush events schedule
Sun, Sep 2nd 2018, 12:29 pm
Haha yeah sure
when's a good time for me to head into the city?
Sun, Sep 2nd 2018, 5:17 pm
I've been out of the city all day lol
Here go to rush.mit.edu
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Check out the schedule for MIT Rush 2016
Is there any event ur interested in
lol jeezus that's a lot of stuff
Ya
I've spent every hour at events and I've only been able to go to less than 5% of events
you show up on the side of the "recently active attendees"
Lmao
Nah I think I'm alright though, feels weird if I jump into your school's stuff like that lol
we can chill later though if you want
I still need to give you back your yoda shirt lmao
Oh right
And u wanted to talk about smthn right?
Does it have to do with Sarah or u?
nah it's nothing like serious
Ok
🐱
🐱
Wait so do u actually wanna come to a party?
Apparently most frats start deciding who to bid for starting tomorrow and most of the events after Tuesday are invite only
So I have to go to events nonstop
lol
shit
I mean I can come to a party
if ya want to hang out
The real questiono is if you wanna hang out
otherwise it'll just be me crashing a party that you told me about lmao
actually
there was one thing I wanted to do again
well technically two
1. Skate along the river again at night
2. Take Raibert's bots
*pictures of
3. I still need to get that yoda shirt back to ya
Lol nicee
U move in on the 15th right
yeh
flying out by then
otherwise I'm planning on spending my last two weeks around the city
also: https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/start-ups/nvidia-cofounders-remember-their-startup-roller-coaster-ride
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Jensen Huang and Chris Malachowsky dive down memory lane, to the glory—the tragedy—the glory—the tragedy—the….
It's a short read
Tue, Sep 4th 2018, 1:47 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfWv0EnHQw interesting video
also that was an interesting article
Tue, Sep 4th 2018, 11:39 pm
Conservatives aren't close-minded
get dat shit outta here
🐱
What'chu up to tomorrow? I'll be in the city
idk where to crash exactly, so most likely I'll be at Sloan
What what r u doing in the city?
Classes start tomorrow
lmao, fuk
U can crash in my room if u want
idk, probs brushing up on ROS
reading some papers I've been eyeing
skating around when it gets dark
don't you have roommates though? lol
Ya
Oh there's an airconditioned lounge with couches in my dorm
U can sleep there
LOL
yeah perhaps I will then
just lurk around colleges
Lmao
Oh we can go hacking if ur down
I'm already sore from trying to learn longboard sliding lol, I can try but idk if I can survive some of the harder climbs
what is up with your fascination of high ledges?
It's my go to when I'm stressed
It's an easy end to everything
🐱
All the stress that is
you're going to be on a list bruh lol
you're feeling stressed already?
classes haven't even started yet!
Lol nah I'm not stressed
But climbing is still fun
how dangerous do you think it might be to do some longboard slide practice at night?
Uh
Very in the city
Do it in Winchester
what about the bike paths in the city
Hmm I guess that would work
What are you up to rn? Rare to see you being able to chat so much
esp since school started and all that
even sarah's been having wine nights and shiz LOL
Lmaoo
I'm hanging with a frat
And doing karaoke
have you joined joined a frat yet?
Or have any in particular you're eyeing?
I'm impressed with how social you've become
🐱
nah man, I'm genuinely intrigued
do you not feel any anxiety with so many new ppl now?
Yes
But it's kinda constant anxiety so it's like chill lol
Your kinda forced to socialize so now I think in getting pretty good
And once u find some ppl u like in a frat it's easy to enter frat bro mode
Wed, Sep 5th 2018, 12:07 pm
fuk I woke up kinda late LOL
Wed, Sep 5th 2018, 3:58 pm
I’m back at Harvard now
oh nice
r u just skating around or hanging out with Sarah?
Sarah’s singing now
So I’m kinda just solicitations rn
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ooh nice
U free?
Before this I checked out the mit museum with lulu already
Unfortunately the Raibert part was under renovation
ah rip
i'm about to go to dinner with a frat
rush is ending soon tho
i'll def have more time then
So probs no meet up today then?
well ... i'm going to dinner at 5:15
im free rn
but it's probably not worth your time to come over
If I grab onto the bumpers of cars I could maybe be there by 10 min lol
Otherwise idk
lol
what other days are you coming into cambridge?
i wanna show you my dorm and tell u about college and just hang out, its just so hard finding time
cuz mit crams so much shit up your ass in the first few weeks
Lulu proposed an idea of sleeping over but I ain’t got no extra clothes except ur Yoda shirt lol
lmao
wait u mean tonight lmao
Otherwise I’ll probs be around randomly during the next two weeks
Yeh
But idk if that would be a good idea
well u don't need extra clothes if its just one night
Lol bruh
i mean u don't
just shower tomorrow when u get home
I’m gonna be nasty on the T LOL
Oh my the singing is so loud, it’s impressive
nah trust me my room's nastier
Lulu said her dorm has lots of extra couches and stuff if I ever wanted to crash
oh dang what
i haven't seen her dorm but i didn't think it would be that big
Next house is probably nicer than BC
BC is kinda old and decrepit
It’s got a fair amount of common rooms scattered about
oh
then ya i also have a common room in my floor
theres a lowkey airconditioned room on the first floor u can sleep in
but im not sure if other MIT students are already sleeping there lol. i found some guy in there around 8 AM
Lmaoo
Sounds like that guy knew what was up
This is kinda nice though tbh
Being able to listen to some music
Cold big room
Catching up on some papers
Is it a concert or a rehearsal?
Idk
Looks like a rehearsal practice thingy
Nice
I've been kinda off messenger cuz rush is so socially exhausting
Thu, Sep 6th 2018, 7:56 pm
yeh I'd imagine so lol
oh yeh
https://www.therobotreport.com/seismic-powered-clothing/
clothes that essentially act as an "exo skeleton" but the creators don't want the stigma of that term to go with it, so they call it powered clothing?
Damn what
How does that work
tiny motors
providing ~30 watts of power
the suit weighs ~5.5 lbs
their main goal rn is to continue shrinking and making sure it doesn't feel like a medical device
Damn that's pretty crazy
yeh right lol
they're on the west coast
looks like smart clothes are starting to get more devs on more subfields on it
But how much range of motion can that provide?
"There are three muscle patches (left, right and lower back) that each have an integrated force sensor and a lithium-ion battery that lasts about eight hours. The batteries can be removed for changing or charging. The lower back patch also has a processor to control the entire suit and process the real-time data and activity tracking (more on that in a moment). Seismic Powered Clothing also has three IMUs, temperature sensors, and Bluetooth, LTE, and WiFi connectivity."
doesn't really seem to specify, but it looks like it's not meant to restrict anything, just giving you extra strength
"Seismic’s initial value proposition is strength and movement assistance, for everyday activities, but the team is thinking about how the data it collects can open up new markets in the future. “We’re looking at anyone who can get value from this,” Mahoney admits. “We do have some early work looking at applications for muscular dystrophy, which will be the first medical area for kids’ day-to-day life that we look at.” Seismic Power Clothing currently is designed for adults, but Mahoney said that will change, too. He also talks about extending the Powered Clothing down to the knees and ankles and up to the shoulders and arms. Professional sports was another market briefly discussed as athletes could potentially benefit from some of the activity data the suit tracks. “Our customers are people with a body who wear clothes,” Mahoney quips."
The last section sums it up rather well
so what do ya think?
Fri, Sep 7th 2018, 8:50 pm
Up to anything rn?
Foxy Roxy called you.
I’m in the city, ya down to hang tonight?
Lol I think my WiFi is kinda shiz rn
Ya I'm getting more dinner with frats lol
LOL
We're at Boston beer works rn
Wait so is that a no you can’t hang cuz you’re with frats
Or yes you can hang, but you’re with frats rn
Uh I don't think I can hang rn
I'm gonna be just chillin in a frat layer tonight
Ahh ic ic
If u wanna come, everyone's really chill
How late is later tonight?
I’m just on the T rn
I'm sleeping over at a frat and then we're driving down to the beach around 4 am to see the sunrise
LOL
Some good ol' wholesome fun
Are you close with the ppl in the frat?
Later as in like maybe 10:30 or smthb
Ya were decently close, I've only known them for less than a week
Frat bids just came out today
Hmmm
Aight I’ll have to see where I’ll be then
I got bids from the 2 frats I liked so now I have to choose
Don’t choose the wrong one or else you’ll regret it for life
🐱
Jk jk
Ya I'll be like across the river from MIT
Like on the other bank of the Charles basically
Btw did you know that Jeff Bezos kid is in your class?
If u wanna come to the frat
There's been a lot of rumors
Lol I’ll need an address bruh
Yeh lulu knows him
Were waiting for the class catalog to be oublished
Oh seriously
I saw him when I visited lulu the second time
Oh damn
Fairly tall dude, curly hair
Chill
Hmmm can’t really find a place like you described at 10:30
My legs are low key dying though lol, think I’m going to turn in
Ok
Wait are u just skating around?
My sister wants to watch a movie so I think I might turn in for the night
What do you think I do around the city lol
Busses are fucking scary to be next to btw
Lol I can imagine
My primary for Theta Xi uses an electric skateboard to get around campus
It's only like $500
And apparently pretty good
That sounds like a good find on his part
What’s a primary lol
Oh like basically my primary contact in that frat
Gotta say though my legs are feeling better after so much skating
Basically during rush each frat internally has each frat guy personally handle communications with a bunch of potential recruits
But my hips creak now
Nice nice
Ohh ic ic
Hey sorry I don't have too much free time to hang out these past days, rush is ending soon tho
Lol it’s no prob man, no prob at all
I’m still around for a bit
Sat, Sep 8th 2018, 3:28 pm
Rip
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Dude frat life is dangerous
Sat, Sep 8th 2018, 10:50 pm
aw shit dude
what happened??
Are you feeling better now at least?
Lol
My toenail got lifted
I don't have a big toenail anymore
Holy shit what
ya
What the hell were you doing??
well i do its just dangling off
Please tell me that you went to see a doc at least
but the skin under my toenail is super sensitive so i can't relaly walk smoothly until that hardens
well i just went to mit medical
they cleaned it out and bandaged it
So you’ve just don’t have a toenail forever now?
What caused this?
lol no they grow back
Well maybe you can make a fake one that has usb connectivity abilities
FUK
i was playing sand wrestling
You could’ve been bionic
with a frat
You guys said no homo first though right
🐱
and idk what happened but when i stood up i looked down and my toe was bloody and the toenail was lifted 90 degrees
Geezus Christ
That’s a lot
lol
Guessing this was during the early beach trip thing?
yup
its kinda bad
but i should be fine
also do u wanna come to wet wednesday
That’s a terrible name
What is it?
basically MIT has an enforced alcohol ban during orientation and rush
it gets lifted next wednseday
thus there's a lot of parties going on then
Ohh I remember lulu and Kiera mentioning that
whos kiera
Hmmm I’ll probably be in the city at that time
She’s a girl I met on campus
dafuq
She’s pretty chill
u stealing mit girls now
LOL
What is that supposed to mean
what number is she after Alex
jk
🐱
wait how much have u been on MIT campus?
i thought it was just that one day at the east campus thing and one day with lulu
Well NEU, BU both are kinda harsh on non students bumming around
And I don’t like Harvard’s campus that much tbh
Dude I’m always around the city lol
I ain’t joking bout dat
are u literally just skating?
Just yesterday when I was visiting MassRobotics I had a couple hours to kill so I just found a bench outside of baker house and finished some new papers
Yeh, but my hips were creaking so I didn’t skate yesterday lol
I also found this at Sloan yesterday around 11
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lmao
wait ur not on campus rn r u?
I’m on next houses roof rn
dafuq
got that nice parking lot view
Nah I’m just fuking with ya
🐱
oh
🐱
Kiera and lulu say that Next and McCormick has the best food though
I’ve yet to try McCormick though, only had next
ya
well
nah i think simmons and next have the best food
that's the general consensus ive heard
So don’t visit McCormick?
u should go into simmons its a crazy cool building
Rip Kiera
The sponge thing?
yup
My goal is try to make a new friend on each campus
The last one left is NEU
aw thats so wholesome
It’s a lot easier when you already have a friend on campus lol
true
did u hit up any parties yet?
Nope lol
There were some plans but never came to fruition
Only seemed like you and Sarah were rather keen on that prospect lol
lol
ya man theres gonna potentially be a party at the frat i'm rushing
Isn’t that like everyday lol
lol nah the frat i'm rushing is not one of those
they throw a party twice a semester
and every friday there are "coffee breaks" which are more chill kickbacks
Oh that’s a lot nicer than what some other ppl described
lmao who's some ppl
Sun, Sep 9th 2018, 3:06 am
Kiera mentioned some story about the typical frat guy tries to take girl upstairs
Also I can’t believe you also watch overly sarcastic
ya dude its so good
Reds literature ones are gold
Art is good 4 u
Except modernism and post modernism
ew
i don't like literature
i've been watching them since february actually
but i really started picking it up and watching everything in June
Whoa this is getting uncanny
I also saw some of their vids early this year but didn’t start consuming it all until recently
alright copier
Oh yeh btw
I won’t be in the city on Monday since I’m getting my braces removed
Otherwise just let me know when you’re free and I can probs hop on by
Ok ya sure
Actually it would be better if u tell me when ur in the city
At least that’s what I’ve been doing lol, ppl just tell me they’re free after blank and I either start skating or skate to the nearest T
Ok I’m in the city from 8- whenever late at night (latest was 3 am)
LOL
My schedule is too hectic rn so I don't k when I'll be free
Ok lmai
8 am?
Or pm
Yeh I catch a ride with my folks
Am
Damnn
Ok lol
Same for tomorrow or only on weekdays
I was thinking of maybe seeing if I could get some last peaks on some labs
Oh I was planning on using tomorrow to pack and shit but if you wanna hang I’ll be down
The only prob is that given the time rn and my sleeping abilities I’ll probs wake back up at like 6-7pm
Also this is the best restaurant ever and I must visit again before I live in the Forrest
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Lmao
Ok well lmk when u wake up, I'm pretty free tomorrow. My plan is mainly to just pset and chill
So we can hang out and maybe grab dinner if ur awake
Sun, Sep 9th 2018, 4:32 pm
Yo are u in cambrodge?
nah unfortunately it's a bit late :(
need to pack today since I wanna spend the rest of my time hangin'
Okee
feel like it might be a bummer if I spend the last of my time packing furiously lol
Ya tru
Next tues and Friday night's I'm pretty free
my biggest concern rn is how to get raw lipo batteries through TSA
since I don't get a free checked in bag
Lol I mean I can ship it
but that'll take a little whileeee
maybe I put a "NOT A BOMB" sticker on it I can get through security
🐱
Sun, Sep 9th 2018, 9:48 pm
Wait a sec
You joined theta xi?
Yupyup
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Fuk lol
LOL
Wtf
It’s good shit dude
Mon, Sep 10th 2018, 6:30 pm
Yo u wanna come to wet wednesday?
Mon, Sep 10th 2018, 11:28 pm
yeh sure lol
when/where
wednesday
9
i''ll sned u the address of the frat
oh btw I'll be in the city tomorrow
from 7am - whenever
oh awesome
not sure exactly I'll be doing or where
my classes end at 3 and i have some time between that and club meetings at night
oh you've already joined some clubs?
Tue, Sep 11th 2018, 2:36 pm
I’m heading to MIT soon
Where should I head to?
I can't meet you up just yet, I have to finish a pset due tonight and then i have my last class ending at 6
after that tho we can chill
Lol bruh wut I thought you said 3
🐱
Ya I forgot pe classes start this week
So I have my pe class 5:6
I should be done with my pset soon tho
Chris and lulu are at next house
U could chill there
Chris yang is here??
I'll come over in maybe an hr depending on how much work I can get done
Yaya he's visiting
Or u can come to the library with me
I’ll need an address then
Do you know if they check id though?
Address to library or next
Lib lol
I don’t wanna suddenly crash chris visit
It's barker library
Do u know where the big dome is
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222 memorial
Yeet
If u go into the building right under the dome (lobby 10)
The library is on the 5th floor, I can come down to meet u
Kkkkk
Btw what’s ur number?
6179570655
I just realized I don’t have anyone’s number on this phone
Lmao
I’ll text and or call when I’m there
Wait u got a new phone?
Nah it’s the same one I just don’t really call on it
Here
Ok one sec
It’s so stuffy outside
Mistakes were made
Tue, Sep 11th 2018, 6:01 pm
Where u guys now?
We’re bumming outside of baker
Tue, Sep 11th 2018, 10:59 pm
64 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA 02215
fuck i just realized i have a mandatory ADT meeting from 10 - 11 tomorrow
i might not be able to go until 11
LOL
What’s adt?
And nah don’t worry about it man
Asian dance groupe
*troupe
Lol
Holy what
Ya I'm joining to try it out
Why is everyone becoming a Kpop Star
Unfortunately it's all kpop
🐱
🐱
Wait I thought auditions already happened
Like lulu already tried out and stuff
Ya it's the first meeting.
Wed, Sep 12th 2018, 2:33 pm
Yo I just realized something
That whole there's a better person you thing happened to me already so hard
I don't know why I didn't see it when we were talking last night
I got rejected by literally all my schools except one shitty one in a forest
🐱
🐱
A forest could be perfect ground zero to implement random wandering robots
So there's no one to scrap then for parts
Yet
LOL
yeh I suppose you're right
until I cannibalize my own creations like a monster
oh I got through a good amount of Hamilton btw
How is it
Pretty good
Yeah I noticed that I don’t relate to burr that much
The whole idea of waiting for your chance kinda escapes me
Sometimes I get more caught up in the tunes than the lyrics though lol had to relished to some
Ya thats why u listen to it many timws
The first time just enjoy the tunes, the future ones u dive into the lyrics
Kinda wished burr had more personal songs
It was hard to piece what he was like from some of the songs, especially since I wasn’t sure who was singing sometimes
Oh
🐱
The more revealing songs are: Aaron Burr sir My Shot Wait for it Nonstop Room where it happens Election 1800 Obedient servant The world was wide enough
Oh damn you got it all laid out
Kinda excited for your dissertation on the musical now
*more excited
Lol
I have to do when I have more time tho
also
https://youtu.be/LMmdl4VltD4
this video is so good
Lol I’ll take a look, btw do you know the name of the lib that we were at yesterday?
Barker Library
Wed, Sep 12th 2018, 9:02 pm
Bruh
You’re not going to any of the parties???
Nah dude
Adt
Wait r u going to the parties? Lmao
Idk now lol
I mean I might go to theta xi at like 11:15
Wait wut lol
Oh I didn't tell u
U have adt until 11
🐱
Nvm I did tell u
My memory doesn't suck
Where you at
I’m here rn
Oh r u at a party?
I just left
Lol
Left mit?
Nah I left theta xi
Oooh wait u actually went?
With lulu?
How was it
Yee
It was pretty small
Now I’m at PBE
Oh dang
Be careful lol
I accidentally hit two shots
Lol shiz
Not much effect though
Lol how do u accidentally hit shots
Shots taste like shit
Turned out it was two shots of vodka
Yeh burned a bit
I guess I have a higher tolerance than expected? At least lulu said I seemed fine
Lol again how do u accidentally down vodka lmao
Do u have Asian flush?
Nah doesn’t look like it
At least not yet
The dude said it was milk and something lol
I didn’t hear the second part
And then I just downed the whole thing
Didn’t realize it was so much
Lol nice
Don't get too drunk man
Lol nah I have no plans on getting drunk
Where r u rn?
i'm in BC
finishing some Psets
🐱
Nerd
Jk jk
Yeh PBE was not what I expected
Tbh it was like a water downed echo
most frats are just having chill kickbacks today
not sure if it was actually a rager
PBE was so crowded lol
Yeh idk
I think this solidified that the party life isn’t something I’m super into
Part way through I sat down to read
lmaoo
that's good i guess
Honestly thought I was screwed after I downed those two shots lol
two shots shouldn't hurt
tho i would start flushing
a bit
i think my limit is around 4.5 drinks
if i hit 5 or 6 i start feeling nauseous
Kinda wish I had my board
Still wanted to low key find out if I can skate drunk
bruh
that's the shittiest idea ever
don't skate drunk at oregon
Hey I’m trying to branch out my interests 😤😤😤
🐱
How was the dancing though
It was really hard
My toe also started bleeding during it
Esp with ur toe?
Holy shit
But it was wrapped up so all good
Bruh
Well I hope it’s better now
Are you just gonna be psetting for the rest of the night?
Oh yeh I don’t recall if I told you but I’m leaving early Saturday morn
Ya
If ur still here u can come hang out if u wabt
But I'm really behind so I can't browse memes this time lol
Nah it’s aight lol, already read mostly what I wanted to tonight
I’m also back home already lol
oh lol
Kinda wished I was more into the party scene
Now I’m actually just a nerd
i mean theres no reason to be
But I wanna be a KoOl kId
no matter how hard u party u can't be a cool kid
if u like legged robotics
I bet dr Kim used to be a rager
ya well
look what happenedd
probably couldve avoided being sangbaed if he didnt party so much
🐱
🐱
If I was a better/more interesting human being I could’ve gotten into more than one bumfuck college
🐱
🐱
nah its only cuz the colelge app process rewards shit like french food blogs over practical skills
TechX application is dumb since they probably weigh their stupid interview more than necessary compared to their written portion where they can actually see how much work and experience ppl have
Ur not a burr
Meh
I mean I guess judging team compatibility is a big factor and I definitely did not seem very hyped during the interview
Also I'm definitely more of a burr than a hamilton
And I don't say that with any self-deprication
You probably worked harder than anyone I know back in school
You had a clear goal and you didn’t betray or have no solid principles like burr when push came to shove
Burr also worked really hard. I don't think that's the difference
I think it's just how the two approach their life goals
Aight I need to listen fully to those songs you mentioned
I clearly don’t know the dude well enough to say
I also read up on his bio
Damn alright
I know what I’m reading tonight then
Where did you find it?
just wiki lol
The ultimate bios for ppl tbh
Thu, Sep 13th 2018, 4:34 pm
I just saw that collegehumor video you sent me lol
How accurate would you say that is of college upstart startup kids
Lol not accurate I don't think
Aw man
Kinda wished ppl like that existed
Oh btw I’m back around again
Probs going to spend some time skating the bike trail unless someone wants to do something
Lol do u wanna watch me pitch a shitty startup idea
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Ofc
Where should I head to
I’m st north station
Building 26-100
At MIT
The event is from 6 - 8
Called Entrepelooza
There's a bad idea pitch contest lmao
Lmaooo
I'm just gonna practice my improv pitch skills lol
Yuhhhh
I think I’m at that building
Not entirely sure though
Wait where are you rn?
At pe class lmao
Should I head to the stud then?
🐱
Apparently there's a rubric I didn't see and apparently they actually judge on the viability of the business plan
🐱
Lol bruh
It’s ok wing it as hard as you can
I’ll head over to the stud
I’m by the cars at the center rn
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
I'm still in pe lol
If u search up building 26 on the MIT map you'll find it
I can meet u there
I just saw Damian lol
He told me I can go down infinity and take a left
I’m here
Someone is explaining something rn
Doors are opening
Lol where u at man
Ppl going in
I'm walking there rn
My pe class ended at 6
You in the infinite corridor?
Yup
Bruh lol
Thu, Sep 13th 2018, 9:25 pm
Where'd u guys end up going?
Ahh sorry sorry
We had a previous engagement with Iman and then some other peeps
Oh nice
What'd u guys do?
I got some pants
Since I’m running out of clothes
And I haven’t even finished packing lok
lol oh right
Yeh I was at bu
Now I’m heading to night skate
Bu was too dangerous there’s a Red Sox game
Guess it’s back to the river
lol ok
be careful
Dude Im finally able to weave in between the small yellow lines
congrats lol
Where u at rn?
at my dorm
r u still at MIT?!
I was at McCormick
don't night skate too late man you're gonna fall asleep and die
oh
The view is freaking amazing
with kiara?
ya ikr
best view on campus hands down
Yeh I was hanging with Kiera
The sponge can eat their heart out
That was why I didn’t end up picking the treehouse call too :(
Shit I’ve been using emojis more and more now
And yeh you’re right when I left I saw the open road in Cambridge and just bolted it was amazing until I realized I was half a mile in the wrong direction
lol
wait so r u still on campus or
Nah I’m back home now
Last day tomorrow
oooh
idk if Lulu told u, theres a bunch of parties going on
like more rager type parties
i'm debating whether or not to go
rn??
tomorrow
there's one going to Wellesley cuz they have a huge party there apparently
#fuckbus
fuckbus?
ya
uh...
that's quite the loaded name in of itself lol
theres a bus that runs consistenly b/w wellesley and mit during nighttime
and its called the fuckbus
bc apparently wellesley girls just take it to mit to get fucked
🐱
the term was probably coined by a frat
🐱
jeeezus
my god that's uh a lot lol
u say thats a lot a lot
yeh cuz it's a lot
how else am I supposed to respond to the information that there's a bus just for transporting horny college girls
spamming the cat
🐱
🐱
🐱
yeh tru
🐱
you ever have those moments when you don't want to go to sleep?
not for any super specific incoming reason in particular
but more like the feeling that sleep is just eating up time and the fact that you're just unconscious
yup
like all the time
thats why i usually don't
🐱
🐱
yeh I kinda of figured haha
shit I never say haha
I need to stop chatting other people
I'm going to go read more about burr I suppose
whats wrong with saying haha
ive been saying haha more actually
this might sound fucking weird and dumb
but I notice I tend to only use haha around girls, like girls that I don't know that well or aren't already really close friends with
haha
lol huh
thats wierd
maybe its cuz a lot of girls u don't k tend to use haha?
cuz no one in our friend group uses haha a lot
exactly dude
it's fuking weird
so you only encounter it with ppl u don't k
and u only talk to girls apparently
thus only girls u don't k use haha
wait a sec that does not imply I only talk to girls
I have
holy shit
I haven't made a new guy friend in so long
🐱
dude exactly
u exclusively talk and hang out with girls
bulding ur harem
fuk I'm turning into middle school you
u can't fool me
oh i didn't k u were gay
🐱
I like girls
like like
whatever u say man
i support u
wait no
I became friends with eddie
not all exclusively girls
do u talk with him tho
do u hang out at his dorm
do u say haha to him
i don't think so
LOL
the problem is that you're not wrong...
I only hung out at Kiera's dorm once and that was today
Fri, Sep 14th 2018, 12:46 pm
got any times today?
I have to be at the airport by 3 am
Fri, Sep 14th 2018, 5:20 pm
oh
shoot sorry i didn't see this
uhh i don't think i;ll have a lot of time today but i wanna meet up one last time before you leave
are you in Cambridge rn?
"The Hacker: The one most likely to sit quietly through a board meeting until uttering the three sentences that answers the all important question of "how?" the new idea or initiative can be brought into reality. Resembling MacGyver with their ability to wield various lines of code or programing languages, you'll get dizzy trying to keep up with their keystrokes."
doesn't this sound so annoyingly from a sloanie perspective
"you'll get dizzy trying to keep up with their keystrokes"
lol
sorry i got triggered for a moment
lol that's quite the strange description
is that a real thing someone published?
and I'm heading to harvard rn
Sarah says that you should head to Harvard LOL
Fri, Sep 14th 2018, 10:20 pm
You missed a call from Foxy Roxy.
oh woops
are you outside?
Almost
I see your dorm
Here
Omw
Sun, Sep 16th 2018, 12:43 pm
How was the hack?
Lol so much cheesing
It's not over yet
LOL
Damn that’s log
*long
What are ya cheesin’/makin’?
Sun, Sep 16th 2018, 8:47 pm
Fuk
I just spent 20 min looking at transfer info online instead of looking at my schedule here
I think I’m hella insecure rn
Bruh
You're gonna be fine, ur already basically in hursts lab right?
Where in the world would u transfer to get an opportunity like that
Mon, Sep 17th 2018, 1:08 am
I am not already in his lab lol
honestly, fear of rejection from his lab is what is also kinda keeping me from emailing him back rn
cuz I'm literally on my last legs
hehe, these shitty jokes are keeping me alive
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lol
wait you haven't emailed him back?
yeh bruh
I'm a fuking pussy rn
an anxious nervous pussy
🐱
Mon, Sep 17th 2018, 6:47 pm
I emailed him
Now the wait is killing me
Kinda wanna email one of the grads too
But I’m afraid that might be too much
🐱
Tue, Sep 18th 2018, 1:14 am
Does he have a secretary?
Tue, Sep 18th 2018, 12:20 pm
lol wut
profs have secretaries?
I just emailed a grad student I met
oh some do
grad students === secretary
yeh tru
RIP grad kids
YES
JESSE REPLIED
fuck I just don't wanna fuck this up so badly
It's not only that I'm not going to miss my shot or that the possibility that I'll miss it is bothering the back of my mind
but the fact that it might be my last shot is what is tearing me apart
I don't wanna become an artist just yet
🐱
humor is a great coping semi-mechanism
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Lol
Don't worry nothing u can do can really fuck it up that much
What did he say?
if I piss on the equipment that would fuck shit up
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Absolutely. I will be in lab all the days this week. Other than the times below, you can swing by any time. If I am not there, you can also talk to Mike, Brian, or Kevin. They are the other graduate students in the lab. Also, we have our weekly lab meeting Wednesday morning at 9am. It is on the 3rd floor of Graf in the conference room farthest away from Roger's Hall. There is also a weekly robotics seminar on Fridays you can always drop in on. That exposes you to robotics research at other universities. It is every Friday in Rogers 226 from 10-11.
home boi Jesse just hooked me up with info
bless
mother fuking writing class gets in the way though
FUCK WRITING
I'M GOING TO CHANGE IT NOW
Lmao
No classes were open
So I’m stuck with an art class now
Can’t tell if it’s an omen or not
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That's pretty funny
God has a sense of humor
It’s called ART 204 and it’s on ancient art
Prehistoric
Wait srsly
That's likr
The most useless topic in the most useless subject
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Hey
Are you trying to imply something
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I’m afraid that I might be turning in a jerk
The sophomore girl Katie keeps inviting me to do things with her friends
But I just wanna go to the lab ASAP
But at the same time I don’t wanna be like a dick and dip out
Lowkey starting to grind on me that I’m stuck here with some of these undergrads
Not Katie and her friends they chill but some of these engineering kids
Are actually
Idk anymore I think I’m being a jerk for thinking like this rn lol
Lol wait what
What are the engineering kids like
Also have u made any guy friends yet
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Tue, Sep 18th 2018, 8:28 pm
Lol I might join the bitcoin club
The next time we talk I'll be spewing buzzwords
A couple reminded me of less chill cheng
And uh
I haven’t made any guy friends yet...
LOL bitcoin club
Bruh
Y doe
Lol
Bc I want to know how the fundamental technologies behind blockchain works and HOLT SHIT THAT WAS SO INTERESITNG
There was a blockchain 101 lecture after the club meeting and oh my fuck the lecturer was so engaging and the material was so interesting I stayed for 30 min more than i intended and skipped another clubs meeting
Also check the treehouse chat
I had a riveting encounter with Richard stallman
It was actually insane and it's put me in an interesting thought spiral
Ahh sorry I was out with Katie and her friends
They volunteer at an animal shelter
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Please tell me you talked with him directly LOL
What thought spiral did it send you down?
What part of blockchain was super interesting to you?
lol idk it was just interesting how emphatically he warned against the use of this technology
it was like the perfect intro to a dystopian scifi movie
also this is a good song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOOhPfMbuIQ
it's only got 4M views and its not the type of music i usually listen to but i can't get it out of my head
also those bunnies are cute
wow damn you and Katie are hittin it off
interesting music, idk what genre it even is lol
she seems like one of those really cutsie girls, just from the 3 times she talked
or maybe that's jsut how she talks to animals
idk about that lol, she's kinda like julia kim in that she's quiet, but I notice she's talking more and more now
nah that's how she usually talks lol
oh ic
In my defense I have tried making guy friends
but the one time I tried they saw their old high school friends and left
and they were awkward af
Katie has just been inviting me to do a lot of stuff with her and her friends
also windows takes up 145 GB just for systems and reserved wtf
that's so dumb
lol wut
yeh idk why either
gonna see if I can give it another 200 GB from my ubuntu side
Wed, Sep 19th 2018, 11:57 am
This lab is so cool
Ooooh
So many legs
Is that agility?
Nah
It’s the Dynamics Robotics Lab
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I just talked to Hurst for like an hour
Got a desk
Now I’m making slip models lol
They also demoed Cassie for me and a new PhD student here
Oooh
Wait so ur in?
I guess so?
Idk lol
I’m so overwhelmed rn tbh
overwhelmed in what way?
I’ll explain in detail once I’m out of the lab
Wed, Sep 19th 2018, 6:22 pm
Just got out of the lab! Spent a good 6-7 hours
Not knowing how to properly express a SLIP model mathematically lol, fuk
I had a long talk with Hurst and he gave me like a pep talk tips and tricks advise the whole shebang
Think I found where I’m going to spend my hours
Ooh nice
See it all worked out
nah
I still need to write my thesis
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HOLY shit I'm feelin stressed
I think I overcommitted
To A LOT of things
this sounds familiar...
like just last year familiar
and the year before that
and before that
what did you commit to?
A LOT
FUCJ DUCJ FUCK FCUJ FUCK
lol first step is to take a deep breath
Uhhh why does this always happen
I overloaded my schedule and now I barely spend anytime hanging out with my floor
But who has ti me to make friends
I should disagree with you
but I'm becoming a lab rat
I'm this close to putting in scheduled hanging out with friends times in my planner
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Betwee 12:45 and 1 PM every other Thursday
every other thursday?
LOL
I mean
it honestly might not hurt
you can take off club/organization things as you realize they're not as worth later on
True
You and Sarah both seem to have scooped a lot on your plates
Wed, Sep 19th 2018, 11:44 pm
FUCK
I JUST REALIZED
I WAS IN THE OOP MINDSET FOR BUILDING A MODEL
I SHOULDVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AS A MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION
Dude I’m not gonna make it
Fucking thinking OOP in fucking matlab
Wasn’t even using simulink
?
Lol
Ew why matlab
Thu, Sep 20th 2018, 10:38 am
Cuz it’s built in differential equation solvers
honestly not 100% sure what I'm doing
how you doing though?
Thu, Sep 20th 2018, 9:26 pm
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There’s too much math
Idk how to math
Help me
Lmao
What kind of work are u doing?
Also remember it's completely normal to not k what ur doing
There's a reason usually grad students work on these projects
Yeh that’s why I need to be better
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Right but that being better process takes time
I just attended info sessions for a bunch of companies I really wanna work for but am vastly underqualified for
What math do u need to do?
But I don’t have much time so I need to be here as much as I can
What companies? And how are you underqualified??
I’m doing differential equations rn
Of a hybrid system
Plus it’s been two days and I still haven’t even got a proper attempt/initial model to recreate the model
Oooh
Idk what that means but it sounds complex lol
Same
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What companies though?
there were two that stuck out to me, Skydio and Emerald
both are looking for senior -- grad level talent
Yoooo skydio????
I say they’re the coolest drone company out there
yup
ya ikrrr
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they spun out of Nick Roy's lab
I see you’re into writing books already
LiNGuiStICs
and I asked about jobs and they are only looking for juniors -- grad students
but
lmao not that one
emeraldinno.com
they're a very very recent startup
they have 4 employees
basically they track people's movements in a room using wifi signals
the technology seems super cool
Ooohhh that’s more in line with your interests
Dude we’d
WTF
and they implement mAcHIne LeARNinG
That tech is dangerous
lol
that's the one Richard Stallman crashed
ya its pretty dangerous and can def be used for unethical purposes
They can use that to track you WATCH OUT FOR BIG BROTHER DICK STALLMAN TOLD JS
rn its beinga pplied for medical industry, tracking the movents of the elderly who are under special care or patients with some kind of disability where their movement data is important
i think its definitely gonna be a very impactful technology, hopefully not used unethically
ahhh ic ic
That makes more sense
I still can’t get over skydios results though lol
And darn I just found out I’m sharing that desk with other undergrads lol
u should flex on them and just start reading equations to yourself
"wow what a COMPLEX differential equation for hybrid systems I'm working on rn"
"It must need so much MaCHIne lEarNing and ALL of the BlockChain"
One senior I know literally plopped his own pc at a space and now it’s his
Time to buy a pc LOL
Dude I’m not gonna flex like that LMAO
they gotta k whos boss
jk
also Skydios has relaly cool CV and planning algorithms
that's why i said im vastly underqualified lmao
they did a demo, it was so cool
I can’t even fathom how they trained it so well
Any other companies?
Or were those the only two that caught your eye
There's a few others but ya those were the ones I really wanna do
Neither is freshman friendly tho
There's like a list of "first year friendly" companies that freshman are recommended to stick to
Bc most companies don't like hiring first years
So we'll see how much I can finesse
What kind of companies are those?
Most startups probably only want reliable interns which usually defaults to older right?
Fri, Sep 21st 2018, 12:47 pm
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They're only looking for full times rn
They said their ramping up manufacturing for spotmini, 100 by next March and 1000 by March 2020
They're gonna start selling the 1000 shipment, the 100 shipment will be for internal tests g
Sounds about right
Didn’t know about the internal part though
I wonder if they have enough preorders or gauges an interest group
I just attended the weekly robo seminar for the grad students
I think you would like this topic it’s about one shot learning through NLP in the field of HRI
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Take a look at their videos if you can it’s pretty good results
Lol are we just sharing different research and business now?
https://youtu.be/hj1aZYnTRNg
Fri, Sep 21st 2018, 6:44 pm
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Sat, Sep 22nd 2018, 2:29 pm
Lmaoooo
https://youtu.be/kdhqdwsUvVk
Ceramic animal made a music video :O
Holy shut
It need to take a look
Dude I think I might have a problem
I’m out in the towns fall festival
But I’ve just been stressing about textbooks and getting hw doneearly
I need to take a meditating shit
Took a shit
The secret to less stress dude
Sat, Sep 22nd 2018, 8:06 pm
Fell in love today
Actually that was a bit back but I forgot I took the video
And now I just ruined the joke
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Did not expect that MV for Ceramic Animal though...
Sun, Sep 23rd 2018, 8:09 pm
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Damn r u already working on cassie?
Lmao
Nah man
I wish
I’m working on controls rn
Specifically the SLIP spring loaded inverted pendulum model rn
Oh yeh turned out there’s only like a couple of undergrads working on feet idk where the info about the other undergrads just get thrown on the feet job
They’re super chill though and buff af
Something about MechE students being buff it seems
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And they’re all upperclassmen
How have you been though??
🐱
Have you organized yourself with the overflow of commitment?
Not really
But a bit less busy now that career fair is over
That’s good to hear
More time for social stuff I guess
Feeling more confident now too?
Also I'm probably gonna start going to parties now
Do you actually like the party life? Lol
Idk I personally thought it’s all a bit strange
I have no idea lol I haven't been to a party yet
But I was planning on staying away from the party life bc it's a lot of hooking up and bad decisions
But now you want to hook up and make bad decisions?
🐱
But since Sarah's dating Eddie now I guess I don't care anymore
🐱
Ahhh
Yeah...
So she told you huh?
It'll help me get over it I guess
Lol
I'm a bit irked in the way I found out
I don't think she was planning on telling me until idk when
Hooking up with some rando probably isn’t the best way to cope with that though
Lol ya ik I'm not actually gonna hookup
Yeah, she was distraught about how to go about it and time just happened to pass
But I was staying away from girls before
And like not going to parties kinda for that reason
I guess it didn't matter to begin with
Hmmm
ok like the thing is i'm happy for Sarah and Eddie seems like a cool dude and I'm glad she has a support network that's closer to her that she can rely on cuz she seemed pretty stressed
the only thing i'm irked about
ok basically
i was talkling to Sarah at 2 AM and she said she was having a week of "emotional hell" cuz of Harvard and being stressed about acapella and stuff
Yeh?
and also I had not seen her that week yet and I wanted to keep the once a week thing going so I ubered over to Harvard to chill with her
at 2 or 3 AM
and we talked about stuff and it was nice, but then she said she had something important happening in her life
but she wouldn't tell me what it was
she said it wasn't related to me, except "indirectly kind of"
and then she said I would eventually hear it through the grapevine
i mean i could kind of guess what it was but like I didn't think it was correct cuz i assumed she would tell me if she was dating someone
or at least she would realize its not just "indirectly" related to me lol
and then she told me she started dating him 4 days after she got to Harvard
4 days
man i've been thinking about the time when college stops becoming chaotic and things settle down so i can finally ask Sarah out
ever since i got to MIT
this is especially ironic considering she was the one that strongly denied that she would find lots of other guys who she would like at Harvard. aand she said I would be the one "on the hunt" for girls
Yeh it is rather ironic how things happened
alright maybe i'm not over it....
Hmm yeah it would appear so
Good to rant though, let’s you sort through your emotions
its just so
like seriously 4 days?
and like Sarah can date whoever she wants and I will always support her as a friend, but i'm only irked given the previous context of our conversations and our talks about how the first month of college will be
and Sarah literaly did what she said she was afraid i would do
I told her so many times, I ireally like you i just k that the first month of college will be busy as hell and I would be a shit boyfriend
but i would never spend the first month of college trying to hunt down girls
and then ask you out after the fact
that's what sarah said she was afraid of
like
frick
man
uhg
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fuck man
i found out last Tuesday
and as you can see its just been boiling lol
haven't been able to talk about it yet
sorry for the rant
Boiling for almost a week
Nah dude never be sorry for a rat
We homies
You haven’t been able to talk to Sarah about these boils?
Or just like haven’t been able to talk at all?
nah i mean i've talked to sarah about other things since
we just kinda didn't talk about it after
i don't want to bring it up either cuz i don't want to add to her stress or make her feel guilty or whatever
but like
i really want to tell her how i really feel
when she told me, i basically died on the inside but kept up tryna be a supportive friend on the outside
Yeh she mentioned your ears turned super red
So I kinda inferred you died on the inside
then i walked home in the rain
Holy shit did you really walk??
it was a very suitable setting
ya
it was only like 30 min
Hey on the bright side that makes for a great opening to a movie
but mainly it was pouring rain
true
this is my origin story
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Honestly given stuff like this
Time will probs be the best remedy although it won’t be the best feeling
You don’t wanna approach a new possibly romantic relationship given your current feelings not will approaching one help you get over it
If it makes you feel better though Sarah was super torn up over it and it was a big part of her stress so she wasn’t just doing it disregarding you
ya
well
it only took 4 days to decide
Hot damn
You on fire
What do you want to do?
Wdym
Do you want to still be with Sarah
Do you want to find someone else
Do you just want the feelings to pass
nah i don't want to be with Sarah
and it'll be easier to get over if we just revert back to friends
i def want to stay friends tho
i wouldn't wanna hang out with Sarah while Eddies there, at least for a while
but hanging out with Sarah will be fine
i don't think it will bring up any negative feelings
Are you sure about that?
Have you done it yet?
no the last time we hung out was Tuesday
but im 99% sure it will be fine. i think our friendship is stronger than that
unless for some reason Sarah doesn't wanna be friends or thinks its awkward now haning out with me
It’s not your friendship that I’m worried about in this case. It’s your feelings
Well you two definitely probably won’t be able to hack at 2 am now lol
lol
ya
i mean i would def be willing to uber over to harvard as a friend if shes feelign stressed but now its just sketch if i do
also the whole one week thing it probably not gonna work
given the fact that I doubt she will put in that much effort to make it happen and its also kinda sketch now that she has a bf
yeah that's true
I mean it might be better with treehouse people being there
or at least someone going with you like lulu
but idk
have you been listening to music to help ya out?
lol
tbh i haven't busted out the Arctic Monkeys
cuz in this case its not really a feeling of loneliness
its just a weird mixed feeling of irony
sounds like heartbreak
i guess maybe its a feeling of being cheated, not by Sarah, but by the situation itself and by fate
not cheated on
like a situation where you thought it would go one way and it goes the complete opposite way for no good reason
it seemed both of you guys didn't expect this result
i mean
i was afraid of this result
you also seemed pretty irked by the whole four days thing too
and i did tell Sarha she would find so many ppl at Harvard who she would like over me
i only didn't expect this result bc of how firmly Sarah denied that possibility
and ya i'm irked by the 4 day thing
just bc of how I went into MIT with the concious anticipation of when I could finally ask Sarah out, and with the consious thought of avoiding girls and parties so I could stay true to her, for almost 4 weeks now
when in reality there was nothing to stay true to
ever since day 4
its like if you've anticipated working on Cassie since March. and then u get to OSU and realize Agility shut down in April
🐱
I would commit suicide
jk
and you shouldn't either
living is much harder than dying
and we're not weak asses
yeah it is ironic that Sarah was afraid you would be after other girls
and she ended up with another guy
🐱
mad ironic
its fucking hilarious
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hmmm you wanna call about it?
I'm also just doing busy work rn so I'm down to talk about anything lol
nah i don't think that will really help at this pt
and I'm with my frat rn. i'm just sulking in the corner and furiously typing lmao
lol bruh
you sure you want to be in that kind of environment when you've been boiling for a while?
lol
i think i'm ok now
itll take some time but i think things will be ok
alright that's good to hear
feel free to rant and just talk about anything with me man
here maybe this dank christian meme
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LOL
Mon, Sep 24th 2018, 2:54 am
Holy shit dude
I just found the guy who is literally better than me in every aspect
samuel pfrommer
However, he’s a CS major
I need to up my game, can’t just do research and classes
Need to make my own shit
Where the fuk does he get all these resources though, I scavenged hard for mine, but he somehow got dynamixiel servos when he was in highschool that’s like hundreds each
And he’s traveled everywhere
Oh wait I think he might be rich... goddamnit
He’s one year or so older and yet he’s done so much more
Tue, Sep 25th 2018, 11:55 pm
DUDE
I FINALLY GOT SOME RESULTS
lol I’m like not even halfway done I think
Nice!
Wait so I'm still confused as to what work ur doing
I’ve never been so happy to see a graph before
What about the slip model are u working on
I’m creating it
I’m modeling the whole slip model
The grad students wanted me to be familiar with this stuff since I leaned more to the EECS than pure mechanical like what the feet design would entail
Er rather they suggested it
I’m planning on using the robotics club’s personal robotics fund thing to later create my own 3D hopper like what Raibert did in the 80s
But I plan to actuate it with electromagnetic actuators and make it completely it’s own separate unit. Disney Research Hub/Lab made something similar a couple years ago but it had a limited amounts of hops before giving out
And since I’m working on control/modeling of a slip model rn both projects should lead into each other nicely
Wed, Sep 26th 2018, 5:11 pm
Hey Justin
How you doin’?
nice thats a good plan
i'm currently studying for midterms lol
Shit wut lol
Midterms already??
yup
well there are like 4 midterms per semester
Lol wut
Doesn’t that go against the definition of a midterm
mid is an estimate lol
well nah cuz MIT also divides semesters into half-semesters
so some classes are only half-semesters
well actually we only have 3 midterms, and then a final at the end
idk why
this is for physics. other classes do it differently but all classes tend to have tests this week or next week
That’s kinda gross
Lol
Geezus
Turned out my graph was like all wrong LOL
wiat how many tests do u guys have?
Fuk
oh
rip
Just a regular old midterm and final
No big worries though, it got fixed
So have you just been on a big study grind rn?
yup
You’ve been feeling alright though right?
I’ve been learning about mental wellness
And how wellness and health are different things
I think they’re subconsciously conditioning me to be a hippy here
Lol
Wdym you've been learning about wellness?
It’s part of my required kickboxing/health class
Oh lmao
I've actually been eating pretty healthy
Really???
What happened to that free food plan
Or has all the recent food been free since no one wants to eat it thus it’s free
Nah I've been spending money
Which feels wierd
That’s one step closer to being poor
But I've been tryna hit 2 fruits a day and half veggies for dinner
The poor lonely starving grad student
The high school gym class is working
Why you hitting two gays and half of a comatose person woman
* man
Lmao wut
Fruits and veggies
Bad joke?
R gay ppl fruits
Lmao I wish high school gym class worked earlier
It’s an offensive slur I’m pretty sure
Same with fairy
Ah shit my art history class is about to start
Lmao
What if u find ur true passion in art history
Hey don’t joke about that shit
Well then I would do more art history lol
Idk though since I fell asleep doing the reading
It is interesting though
Talking about how in ancient times art was actually supposed to be useful
Thu, Sep 27th 2018, 10:14 pm
vim is kinda gross
my god
Lol
Wait useful art?
Doesn't that devoid the art of its beauty or some shit
Fri, Sep 28th 2018, 2:35 am
holy shit DEATH NOTE IS SO GOOD
but its so fast paced
i'm on episode 8 and they're pretty close to catching light
idk how they're gonna keep up the pace
im also kinda scared that thing u mentioned will happen sometime soon and the show will become shitty
Fri, Sep 28th 2018, 5:43 pm
Lol nah that thinking of art I think only appeared starting around the impressionist to the current post modernism contemporary movement
Ancient art, such as cave paintings and sculptures in the round or relief most likely served more purpose than just existing
Like religious or communication purposes
Ah shit I let my art slip out
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Lol nah don’t worry it won’t become like shitty but you’ll see what I mean when you get there
Yeah death note is SUPER fast
Hehe you seem to like all these Japanese anime shows now huh
Liking the new and imaginative settings and stories?
HOLY SHIT took me about a week but I think I made a mathematically sound SLIP model. Couple hours in the lab everyday
Time to animate it and make it presentable
Sat, Sep 29th 2018, 4:52 pm
How you doing dude?
Heard you guys made it through the first round of midterms
CONGRATS!
Sun, Sep 30th 2018, 2:39 am
yee
i did better than i expcteed
also congrats on the slip model thats awesome
also is the thing ur talking about with death note the ppearnace of the girl kira
I'll be honest I have no idea what my data readouts are really saying rn lol, Kevin, the PhD student, just walked by and said hey that data looks great! you should animate it now
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see you're better than average over there by a long shot
and maybe lol, I didn't like that character as much, but nah there's still more death note goodness
ya her charater is knda irritating
wait a sec
wtf you doing so late up
uhhh
watching
death note
hehe
but holy fuck i hate this character
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Bruh
Be careful you might turn into a weeb at this rate
Yeah misa is a lot lol
🐱
Btw check ur insta
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Mon, Oct 1st 2018, 12:30 am
LOL
goddamnit
you and your Fake News
propaganda I say!
Dude I actually gotta admit
I've been pretty nervous here rn
all the classes I'm taking rn isn't that challenging
my lab notebook is bigger than all my classes rn
I'm actually terrified of falling behind
Falling behind?
dude my ECE class is full of kids who don't even know what a photoresistor looks like rn
I think a general rule for baiscaly all universities is that u leaarn more doing actual shit in actual labs than in class
And u have a rock solid lab deal rn
U wouldn't have this opportunity anywhere else
I had to explain to my lab partner in physics who was a sophomore how uncertainties worked
Oh rip lol
Well then u would say try to hack the system and take advanced classes asap
Usually the downside to doing that is u get swamped and hate life
yeah, maybe I'm freaking out too early rn
But if u think u can do it without dying u should relentlessly appeal the ee department
Maybe also try finding a community of ppl who r actually experienced and into tech stuff that u can just bum around with
Probably mostly upperclassmen
Yeah I've been around the lab's upperclassmen and they've been cool af
But u guys have a hackathon coming up I think
but I only see them in the lab and stuff
U should actually go just to scout out ppl
you know how I feel about software hackathons lol
oh just scout out ppl?
Hackathons are like amazing places to meet ppl
Bc ur stuck in this room for 24 hrs just working on tech shit for fun
isN't tHaT JUst tHE laB?
U don't even need to work on ur own project, just go around talking to ppl and maybe hop onto someone else's project
Lmao
Well with labs ur not sleep deprived and under as much pressure
my moment of worry was when I realized I've only laughed the hardest around the lab
I also had a nightmare last night that Dr. Hurst called all my projects and proposals shit
That actually made me wake up in a cold sweat and made me double check what I was working on rn
yeah I guess my big worry was that the classes were too easy rn
but I guess I should take advantage of that and be able to establish myself more in the lab rn
idk, I think when you mentioned that I don't really show what I do and stuff I got more aware of that
especially during ECE where they were talking about how to edit files and the professor was explaining what a LIDAR was and I'm just wondering how did I end up here, repeating basics I learned by myself years and years ago
and then I still have moments when I think about how I got rejected from 14 places and how that can't be a coincidence anymore and that there's something actually wrong with me
like maybe I shouldn't be dreaming so big and that I'm fundamentally behind
and the only place where those feelings don't get to me is the lab
oh no, I'm becoming a virgin loser
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No Roy shut the fuck up
What ur feeling is called being a human
It's also similar to what Sam and I feel, the whole fundamentally behind thing
The reason u got rejected from colleges is stupid and simply just demographics and presentation. It has no indication for actual skill or potential
Idk how freeform the classes are at OSU, but I feel like u could totally hack the system. This is what i would do: If u feel confident in all the classes ur taking, just stop going to ur lectures, pick a few advanced and even grad level classes and start dropping into those, learn the material, even take the tests if ur able
And then establish ur presence in the lab
Those two things
I would also go to hackathons, go to any events that have ppl who are either discussing very technical subjects or actually working on projects
For example if there's a reading group for machine intelligence or for computer vision
Even if it's not a field ur that interested in just show up
This is where I wanna challenge u to branch out more-- do something where u don't have to commit but where u can drop in and talk to ppl. Sign up for all the email lists
Like every single one that the ee dep has
U can always create filters
yeah I suppose so
Thanks Justin
I'll see what I can do, some of the grads and seniors told me about courses
I probably should hang around the robotics club more than just being in the lab
yeah one thing I noticed is that I no longer have the desire to transfer anymore
but I have a sneaking suspicion that's only because of the lab
I think it's pretty clear it's just the lab
But that's good
I don't think it's healthy or useful to even be considering transfers right now
Treat OSU like ur there to stay for 4 yrs
I feel like if u cling onto the possibility u will be leaving in a yr it might dampen things
yeah that's true
I should start working on a project to get me grounded here
better start begging the robotics club for funding
thanks dude, feel more solid again
How have you been doing though?
Ahh just been hosed
But I'm really excited about my urop
is that like a sex thing?
hosed?
Yes
nice dude
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Oh yeah, your UROP with the NLP people right??
it means being fucked on the ass
By mit
If I haven't said it before, CONGRATS!
congrats to your urop
not the assfucking
Thanks lmao
Its not the NLP group but it's a group that works on NLp
And i think I made the right choice
Yuhhh
that's amazing to hear
Do you know what you're going to be doing?
Besides using the best text editor and best OS ever
Kind of
I can't type it all out rn cuz my hands are taped
lol wut
But I'll explain it another day
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I'm in the middle of an assassins game with my frat
that's uh, huh
I have to hold a spoon in my right hand to stay alive
ohhh
that's clever
Yee
do you slap people spoons outta their hands?
Nah u just tap them
But if they're holding the weapon item in their right hand they're immune
Or their left if they're a lefty
But this way I can write while having it in my hand
huh lol
do you get anything if you win?
Lol like $25 or smthn
that's not bad tbh
good money
get you a lunch for a week if you hit up the right places
nah for like 2 weeks
if u factor in the free food game at MIT
I thought you were eating more healthy rn LOL
well
i bought a shit ton of fruit
so i might be intaking 2000 calories of fat a day
but i eat an apple on top of that
which should absorb the cardiovascular disease bc something superfoods and gluten free
don't forget about your fertility super powder
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nah ashley took that with er
oh shi, don't worry dude
I'm bound to run into some hippies soon
I can get you some
and they call weed hits dabs apparently
didn't know that's where the word dab originates from
lmao
ask where they keep their jo crystals
also lmao i'm reading my urop lab's onboarding page, and they start talking emacs and they have an external reference link which i thought would be a tutorial, but they just link that xkcd comic
LOL
that's actually hilarious
oh btw
use spacemacs
don't bother to customize your own emacs config from the ground up, it's actually way too much trouble
https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs
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A community-driven Emacs distribution - The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim, it's Emacs *and* Vim! - syl20bnr/spacemacs
there should be a quick tutorial and reference page inside of it when you boot it up
though tbh emacs isn't as nice on a windows platform as it can be on a linux platform unless you go through the trouble of getting the windows environment just right
ya ill be using ubuntu 14.04
i'm working on their computers not mine
oh shi, 14.04??
What software are they using to keep them that far back?
ya they need to update lol
i think they just havent bothered to update
im using one of their older computers
lol bruh
I can kinda feel though, ever since getting deeper into my frameworks I'm scared to update
wait a sec, what are you doing up so late
uh
work
lol
i actually should probably gtg
lol yeah, sounds gucci
g'night then man!
G'luck with that work and assass spoon
get that 25 bucks!!
lol thanks
Tue, Oct 2nd 2018, 9:11 pm
Shit dude
I have a dilemma
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Shoot
Lol wait shit I’m skating rn
Maybe call or I’ll just text more when I’m back in my dorm
Lol ok
Lmk
back
one of the grad students invited me to this dinner and watching survivor with the lab tomorrow
but the next day I have a math quiz
should I take him up on the offer?
What's survivor
Like The tv show?
Ya why don't u just study math today?
yeh, apparently a former lab member is on it now lol
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I just don't know if I'll get quality studying tonight
Why not?
HW
lol
I would go
How hard is the math class?
idk, not that hard rn at least in terms of the current material that was covered
but I still can't fail
Dr. Hurst literally told me when I talked to him that I need a 4.0 for grad school LOL
which I knew before hand, but hearing it from an actual prof, Hurst nonetheless, really rustled my jimmies
lol wut
rip
yeh right
intense af
Wed, Oct 3rd 2018, 11:27 pm
Damn
Well 4 yrs on facebook
But ya it feels longer
Dude you didn’t say no homo wtf
We can’t be friends anymore
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Dude the guy who was on survivor, the roboticist
One of the girls and him were sitting on the sand
She asked him, “do you want to play with me?”
His response, “in the sand?”
Fuking GOLD
Btw do you know what’s the etiquette for cleaning toilets
lmao wut
wait but why did the girl ask if he wanted to play
Idk, the show has romance sometimes -> showmance
And I think she was pretty to seduce him into not voting her off
The toilet thing is that I learned that Katie and roommate actually clean their toilet, but my RA and I have not even attempted to clean anything
lol but still thats a wierd seduction "do you want to play with me"
Tbh nothing smells yet so I bet we have another three months
Yeah idk lol, do you think I know what good seduction sounds like?
lmao
wait dont u guys have janitors/cleaning crew?
We have one for the hall itself, but since the private bathrooms are connected to each of our rooms we’re responsible for it
oh ic
Oly fuck dude
Rethink robotics is closing down
https://www.therobotreport.com/rethink-robotics-closes-its-doors/
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Thu, Oct 4th 2018, 3:26 pm
https://youtu.be/IKlG91yp4sQ
Have u heard this song?
No, I’ll give it a listen soon
Are you alright btw?
Apparently there’s an active shooter in the BU area of the river
Ya I'm fine
I'm not in the bu area
*whew
Worried since your frat is
Fri, Oct 5th 2018, 11:12 pm
Hanging out jen??
Sat, Oct 6th 2018, 1:58 pm
yup
What did ya guys do?
just went to a chill party
did some drinking
some chillin
and then i walked her back to BU
and thats pretty much it
Awwww
You walked her back
Fuking gentleman
i mean she was kinda dying
i don't think she wouldve made it back on her own lol
Oh did she drink?
ya
but not a lot
Dude do you know what to do if your hand just can’t grip as hard anymore
What what
Wfym
Yeh idk either
Guess I’ll just deal with it
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R u losing grip strength
Idk when I woke up today I just couldn’t hold my phone with my right hand
Uh
Shit dude I should get that checked out
Nah it’s ok
I can still type, meaning I can still program
Sat, Oct 6th 2018, 9:11 pm
Bruh
Is ur hand ok now?
Eh kinda
But more importantly
I think I also just overcommitted
JYuuu, where you at?
I need your advice
Oh shit sorry
Ya go ahrad
I just went to the Robotics Club kickoff and meeting stuff for each team
the underwater team wants to make a ROS framework for their work, but not many of them have experience with ROS
The team lead literally said that if I join he's going to make me a lead programmer
idk, afterwards they pulled me aside and said they really want "talent"
and hinted really hard they wanted me to join
and I might've said I'll see what I could do about some CV transmission
but rn my priorities are
Academics Dynamic Robotics Lab Personal Project
and if I do join the team, it'll be fourth
and I'm afraid of disappointing them
also it currently seems to be one of those kinds of teams where they used to be good but now are struggling to reclaim that old glory (i.e. they haven't actually gone to competition in 2 years)
and it feels extremely selfish, but idk if I want to pour time to make a whole framework for them if everything else falls through
I should've just kept my mouth shut and not asked about their specs, apparently word got out there was some Boston kid around who knew some stuff in the robotics club before I even showed up
fuk dude, what if I can't
what is this pressure I feel
feels like shit
Lol
Damn dude
I feel like the central problem is just u feel some obligation to do the robotics team bc ur one of the only ones with the skills
Do u enjoy what they do?
I've never done full on underwater before
but idk if I wanna get stuck just setting up ROS frameworks
ya feel
it'll be like becoming that one guy who manages all the legacy systems since that's the only person who knows FORTRAN
yeah, I guess I do feel kind of obligated
I really do want to help
especially when one of the leads muttered the line "we need more talent"
it's like the feeling that you have someone who's thirsty and you have water, so you want to help them
but at the same time
I don't want to give them all my water
and idk if I have enough
and also idk if this thirsty person will do much even if I give water (that part sounds mean)
FUCK, I spent like 2 hours just talking to them
Hmm
Ya it seems like ur not really into it
I would say don't be like "tryna help out"
Either be in fully or not
Cuz from what it sounds like they will def pile up responsibilities
and I also see what you mean by not everyone has the same drives as you
? Wdym
as I was talking to one of the leads they mentioned they wanted to try to program an FPGA for the robot so they could do everything onboard, but it would be super hard
and then they said it's alright though, it'll look good on resumes
anything we do that's fancy is usually for resume building
everyone I've met outside the lab don't have similar drives ya feel
like they actually want to land a job
like wtf
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ok, got sarcastic there
but yeah
you know what I mean
Ya
I mean just from how ur describing it it doesn't seem like u would enjoy ur time
fuk dude, I even told them I could dabble and see how much I could set up
yeah, I meant it to be, "I can set a little thing for you guys to build off of"
but then they mentioned stuff like "we'll give you all the resources and computers you need, even people, we have lots of members that could learn from you"
now I feel like if I say nah and just go back to working in the lab it'll be super rude
especially since the robotics club people walk by the lab on their way to their clubroom
Why would it be rude
LMAO
Hmm
I mean u just have to set expectations
How many hrs a week would u be happy spending on robotics
I spend at least 2 hours a day in the lab
and then the rest of the time is for academics, which kinda covers it, then certain free time that pops up I'm reading papers and doing personal research
I spend friday nights and dinners for social stuff
BUT
the biggest awkward part
is that I was planning on using some of the robo club's funds for that personal project
since they offer that
Lol
so if I just walk in and be like, fund me and let me use your resources, but I'm not going to be on any of your sub-teams
doesn't that seem rude?
Well if u take their money then u have an obligation
they told me don't feel obligated
LOL ya it's rude now that u mention the money part
but I do
LMAO
yeah exactly dude
But I mean
How many hrs would u be willing to spend on robotics
And is it worth the money
that's the problem I'm still on the research phase of the LEAP mechanism, Disney doesn't really document their work that well it seems
but I'm estimating ~300 bucks on the way high end rn
and I'm willing to spend like maybe an hour every two days on robo club stuff
1) Is the money specifically meant for personal projects
I guess it would be a good way to keep my ROS skills from rusting, esp since ROS is way too bulky for walking robots rn
And 2) u really just have to communicate with them to set expectations. Tell them u only have time to spend 3 hrs a week on robotics and if they think it's not enough just don't join
The way it works is that each subteam from rover to underwater has their own separate budgets
and there's a club budget that can be used for member's personal projects
I'm technically a member, but I'm not on any of the subteams, and they don't interest me that much personally (the whole wanting to move onto research)
you know what
I'm going to do a trial week
see how much I can get done
plan out my calendar with specific robo club working times
and personal project research
the free time will just be HW and or Lab
Hmmm
That's a bit dangerous tho
Just make sure u don't get set with any permanent responsibilities
danger's my grandmother's surname
U fucking old man wut
sorry, shitty, not well planned joke
If u go the first day and they assign u as a lead position
Ur not gonna really be able to quit in a week
personally, I thought that was way too sudden
Especially YOU cuz you'll be like "well it'll be so rude if I blahblahblah"
all I asked was if they use ROS, got a no answer, get pulled aside by one of the leads -> huge discussion -> them pushing me to join and telling me what resources they can get me
I shouldn't have listened to Dr. Hurst, should've just been a labrat
I feel like u gotta be in or out. If u can make it clear that u don't want to have any big responsibilities u should be fine
what do you mean especially cuz it's Me?
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you calling me a Woz??
A WOZ?!
No I'm calling u a WUS
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that was pretty good
But I feel like u are a bit too generous with giving out ur time
now that I think about it, I got into the RWDC team since I offered to help them choose what motors and batteries to use
When u don't wanna b doin smthn u gotta just make it clear to ppl. There are other times to be polite, but not when it's concerning what u want to do with ur life and precious tkme5
I got into Auxivision since I said I could make a small prototype
hOly FuCK dUdE
It's a tRenD
time to stay away from the business kids
Ya and if I put those data points into my neural network it says that ur a fucking wus
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I think giving robotics a week trial is not bad as long as u make sure u don't get assigned any permanent roles. Just tell them straight up u don't have a lot of time to spend
Even email the captain's before u show up
Setting those expectations
yeah that's true,
before talking with you I was just going to remake some of my old ROS code tomorrow and just send them that
and then just call it there and slowly build up on it whenever they wanted some new client and server
My ultimate plan was try to get more involved with another lab here too
fuk dude
there's too many robots
I'd never thought I'd say that
Lol
Well from what I'm hearing it doesn't seem like ur that into the robotics team
What's the other lab?
Human Robot Interaction
The CHARISMA lab
Sun, Oct 7th 2018, 12:03 pm
The wut
Sun, Oct 7th 2018, 4:26 pm
The Charisma lab
I ain't josin' with ya man
it's literally called that
Dr. Knight and Dr. Hurst I think have the loudest presence rn, esp since their research is very tangible
Sun, Oct 7th 2018, 6:48 pm
What kind of human robot interaction
Sun, Oct 7th 2018, 10:40 pm
Various
I think she did a ted talk or something similar on a robot she programmed that could tell jokes based on the audiences response
So it could actively change what kind of jokes it continued to tell based on real time feed back from the crowd
LOL fuk, I was about to go out my dorm to get food but then I saw there were a bunch of people hanging out in the hall so I went back in to avoid eye contact
I think I’m actually slowly becoming a loser
Well
More of a loser
Mon, Oct 8th 2018, 11:21 am
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Tue, Oct 9th 2018, 10:52 pm
I appreciate you inviting me to the Theta Xi Coffee Night
but unfortunately I am 3k+ miles away
:(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej0B1dSnqOg
"What if mobile devices had a robotic limb"
I can't believe it
Japan got the JAXON robot to skateboard!!
Wed, Oct 10th 2018, 3:02 am
Holy shit I can't believe someone made the finger thing
Wed, Oct 10th 2018, 1:15 pm
Ikr
Anything we meme becomes real
QUick! Let’s meme world peace
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But world peace isn't memey
Fucking nuclear disarmament
More like
UN disarmament treaty noncompliance
Amirite
I don’t get it
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I didn’t find out who Brett Kavanassman
Was until like last week
When Wong mentioned him
Lowkey though Kavanassman was the woman
Thu, Oct 11th 2018, 3:10 pm
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My biggest news of the last week
Is Rethink Robotics shutting down
And BD’s presentation at IROS
In which Raibert casually dropped that they use the same step pathing algorithms as the rest of the community
And that BD has 250+ engineers now
Jen mentioned there’s an ML group that spans the unis in Boston
Are you part of it too?
https://youtu.be/LikxFZZO2sk
Well I like drop into their reading groups
I didn't apply to be actually part of the exec or anything
The mit one is also holding a conference at some point soon
Also dammmmmn
That was really cool
Oohh ic ic
So you’re a wild man
No organization can hold down your ML
AND I KNOW RIGHT
BD is insane
They have so many talented engineers there
Fri, Oct 12th 2018, 9:29 pm
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Lmaooo
I've seen that
it's quite the compelling data
Sat, Oct 13th 2018, 1:18 am
Yo
Ye?
I was just bored lol
Sat, Oct 13th 2018, 1:51 pm
nioce bruh
LOL
How was your night?
Sat, Oct 13th 2018, 4:27 pm
it was
anticlimacic
nothing really happened lol
also i'm dualbooting ubuntu agian!
i need it for my urop
also i'm tryna learn some web security stuff and linux is basically a req
how much did you partition for ubuntu?
Out of my 1TB harddrive
I gave Ubuntu
900 GB
LOL
I gave it wayyy too much
web security stuff huh? You going to do hackermen stuff?
oh lmao wut
ok i only have 256
lol
and i have 85 GB available
but i need to leave some for Windows cuz i'm still gonna be using it
only 85 GB???
ye
what the heck is eating up more than 100 GB on your window side
this was my specific layout
windows is just a hoe
on SSD (124 GB total) / 75 GB /usr 25 GB /boot 24 GB on HDD (900 GB total) /home 800 GB /var 50 GB /tmp 50 GB
yeah I noticed that too, Windows 10 uses up more space for system files which apparently is a glitch on their part
and getting rid of the excess files is a pain in the ass, I've tried before
i already cleared out as much as i can
feelsbad
hmm if you have 84 GB available...
you want to give most of it to your home
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look at this fucking hoe
yeah that's ridiculously huge lol
also since i'm kinda crunched on storage i might just do root and swap
and not do home
oh btw you don't need that much space for boot on your ubuntu sys, like 250 MB will do, I overdid it
i can always back up things on my external hd if i wanna update distros
are you not going to lose those external hd's though?
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fair pt
but meh
how much did u partition for linux on ur old computer
I know a guy here who velcro's his external hd's to his laptop
the dead thinkpad? lol
I split everything down the middle
I think it was a 256 GB ssd too
or i remember u had a computer that u said u gave too little space for
for ubuntu
oh that was the thinkpad
I later just partitioned off more space for the ubuntu side
and merged the partitions
isn't that process really annoying
eh it was aight, just half an afternoon spent on it
so you partitioned like 128 GB?
and how did you use it all up
yeah pretty much
ROS, OpenCV, Lots of excess packages that I never ended up using
the onlyy thing i'm worried about is i might want to download a bunch of datasets for future projects
robot simulations that I never used since thinkpad would freeze
thats the only storage heavy thing i'll be doing i think
oh ic
those datasets you can probs slap onto an external hd though right
or pull from servers
but since they're just datsets i could also just use my external hd
ya
back at Booz Allen they bought specific servers for datasets and ether-netted them to their main computers
i don't think most free datasets are stored on servers u can pull from
but ya i guess as long as i don't install a shit ton of package
well fuk them then, that's the spirit of oPeN sOUrCe
*that's not the
i should be fine with maybe 60?
and use the other ~25 for system stuff?
i]
i'll leave 25 for windows
yeah I suppose that would work
and i won't do home, just a root partition
60 GB would probs be running it super tight if you're going to do a lot of high level programming though
fuck
hmmmmmmmmm
well
The only problem I see would be if you're doing stuff you might need to spend time on space management
which no one wants to work on
idk what kind of frameworks or packages you're going to be using though
but personally I wouldn't go under 100 GB for a Ubuntu + ROS + OpenCV system if I'm going to do actual stuff on it
are ROS and OpenCV huge packages
maybe like half a GB if you only get the bare bones
what will really get'cha are the packages and simulation models and shit
and all the other programs that you'll use along side them
so like my Anaconda package is about 11 GB, and it has all the python scientific libraries included
holy shit
I had no idea anaconda was that big
dude that's like 1/6 of your 60 GB alone LOL
you don't need all of those libraries though right?
no, but also i don't really need that many packages outside of that
the rest of packages not in anaconda i've used are about 300 MB
i'm probably not gonnna be doing a lot of simulation models
oh in that case I bet you'll be fine with 60 GB
especially with an external HD
i can't believe you used up over 120 GBs tho
on just packages and simulations
did you store a lot of like videos or smthn
maybe
I also sometimes stored the resulting data of those simulations
on hindsight I should've actually been more conservative
just like how I am in the political spectrum
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I don't think republicans are allowed to exist on college campuses
dude
did you know how much research robotics actually cost
it's insane
fucking voice coil actuators bigger than 3 inches cost like 700 bucks
we need communism to further research
capitalism only limits scientific advancement with frivolous things like funding
I also found out Cassie costs like 300k
wouldn't communism mean you would be randomly assigned a job
you could be an aRt HiSTOriAn
like I always knew this shit was expensive, but now I'm actually here it's mindblwoing
LMAO
wanna hear a quote from some art history reading I'm doing?
"As interpreters of art we must find out what the work of art means, in other words, 'How does the work mean>'"
?
otherwise, it's been a fascinating class
real talk though
you know the feeling of you're just not doing enough?
Oh fuck
I went to do laundry at the wrong momdnt
Sorry man
Wanna call about it?
And to answer ur question I feel like that literally every day lol
Lol it’s aight I was just doing health HW and looking at the new BD videos
And just thinking
About how behind I am
The fact that I found out voice coil actuators cost like 700+ bucks a pop
Behind in what sense
Also I'm making dinner rn so I'm down for a call
I’m sitting here doing health HW while others are making shit
Yeah sure, un momento for I am taking a dump
Aight
I’m dry
*readt
Ok
Wow dry is so much worse LOL
Lol it said the call was dropped
rip my phone died
lol
i didn't realize it was that low
LOL
Hot damn dude
Wait then how are you typing rn
Laptop?
ye
You still wanna chat or you good?
ya we can finish up real quick, ill just call on my laptop
https://youtu.be/3saU5racsGE?t=263
Foxy Roxy called you.
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No homo
nohomo
hey buddy
how's it going
you look weird without your glasses
because you were irrelevant to me for all of sophomore year
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hhi
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ok i decidd not to go to the party
which was probably the right move
I agree to that, especially if you have a lot of work piled up
also apparnetly while we were calling today, Sarah was calling Sam
LOL
That's insane, what the heck
I wonder if they were also memeing
its interesting how treehouse splits into you/me + sam/sarah or me/sarah + you/sam
but its never me/sam
rip
yeah, you two just never are in the same place at the same time for some reason
it's really strange
especially since you two have a lot of similar thinking
ya
i just think we didn't have the chance to spend enough time together so the bondage never happened
uh
fuck
the bonding
never happened
*bonding
was that a Freudian slip?
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wait, Hadrian was gay?
Lol
Dude every Roman emperor was gay
Or rather bisexual
it's probably the water they drank
just like how the water is turning the frogs gay
It's a thing in Greek and Roman culture, the default orientation is like masculine bisexual
Lol
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so you tellin' me they fuked little boys?
Ya
Like a lot
Like there's some really wierd shit
I think it was Caligula who was the wackiest, he liked to swim naked with little kids and train them to like nibble on his dick Or smthn
Things u learn from 4 yrs of latin
oh my god what
that's uh
way more than I needed to know
old white rich people amirite, they've always been wacky
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that was my first liberal joke in a long time
fuk old heterosexual white males
before they fuk our kids
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Tue, Oct 16th 2018, 12:40 pm
how's your intro to ML course been?
its been pretty good actually, not as hard as I ithought but still challenging
i spend the most time on it out of all my classes and its also my favorite class
how was ur midterm?
midterm was easier than I expected, thought there would be more conceptual questions
heard physics was a lot harder so now I'm just prepping for that
hot dayumn dude
when ML is too easy for the Justin Yu
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nah i think its gonna get harder
i mean its about the same level as that Andrew Ng course but with more math
actually and more in depth implementations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHBcVlqpvZ8&feature=share
Looks like bds tryna ramp up their marketing strategy
Ooh around the level of Ng huh?
But it actually goes into the math? That already sounds like a lot of work
Yeh lol I wonder if they’re trying to be memey or not
But the last part, where it moonwalks/shuffles back
That’s impressive
We were talking about it in the lab today
Wed, Oct 17th 2018, 1:03 am
oh lol
dude i've been going to bed before 2 every day its actually crazy
LOL
That’s way better than high school
Congrats!
thanks
about ot go to bed now
but woooah mit just announced they're restructuring to create a separate school of computer science
http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-reshapes-itself-stephen-schwarzman-college-of-computing-1015
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Gift of $350 million establishes the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, an unprecedented, $1 billion commitment to world-changing breakthroughs and their ethical application.
just like CMU
Wed, Oct 17th 2018, 6:57 pm
Yeah that seems to be the smart trend I think
Will it be finished while you’re there? Esp considering you’re CS
Thu, Oct 18th 2018, 12:28 pm
I think they're going to start moving resources into the college of computing starting next year
The building itself will be finished the year I graduate so
Probably for my class it would just end up being some extra beauracracy cuz some of the programs I'm in will be transferred to other schools etc
But if you do your masters in CS I bet you could enjoy the building if enough and prominent profs move in on time
Or
You can learn half the worlds knowledge
By going to
Harvard Business School
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Thu, Oct 18th 2018, 5:12 pm
Did you know industry and academia has different definitions of some variables and processes of PID controllers?
Y god
Well I feel like it's not a surprise that industry wouldn't be standardized
Thu, Oct 18th 2018, 8:23 pm
I’m surprised they don’t teach us that in Harvard business school
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I’ve been pondering recently
Is it really that common for ppl to find others attractive
Wait nvm fuk that “what is love” stuff
I’ve just started reading up a bit on the Brett Kavanaughty thing
Why are so many ppl against him when there is very little, to almost no evidence against him
Isn’t it supposed to be innocent until proven guilty
Fri, Oct 19th 2018, 4:09 pm
ya its kinda grossly overpoliticized
thats been happening with anyone who might have like one or two questionable incidents
wait also elaborate on the finding others attractive thing
like I thought most people (or at least guys) tended to really want to find gf's or be in a relationship or other stuff (hence the traditional frat)
and I thought I might also be like that by default
but I haven't found anyone attractive
not because ppl ain't hot here, there are plenty of conventionally attractive people
after thinking about it
I just chalked it up to the fact that I haven't really been interacting that much with people my age on a daily basis
aM I nOW aSeXUaL?
ooof
the girls at osu aren't hot enough for rOYs sTanDArds
nah i don't think its necessarily that way
there are plenty of attractive ppl at MIT but that doens't mean i want to get into a relationship with anyone yet
LOL
I think my assumption was that I would want to get into a relationship
but the reality turned out to be
I'm fine and content with being alone
just like in the gAmE
Rip
Does that mean I'll be friendzoned super hard by everyone
Oh no what if Sarah's my first elly
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Oh shit man
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You guys seemed fine yesterday!
Until you head butted her
Ya well
I mean a lot to her as a friend so
Emohsais on friend
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I wonder if I screenshotted that moment in the story
There’s something making me think that you’re still not 100% over it not sure though, could just be the water that’s making the frogs gay
Oh I bet one of us did, it’s quite the scene
Aren’t you two getting drunk together tonight?
Nah she's sick so it's better if she doesn't come
Also I don't think I screenshotted it
Yeah I couldn’t find it in our shared picture history thing
But one of us posted the sex scene with Elly
I mainly screenshotted my meme runs so I have a bunch of me with having sex with all the characters or brutally murdering all the characters
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That's Tammy I think lmao
Priorities LOL
Wait a sec, the MC in the game went to Stanford grad for robotics right?
Yup
Where did they go for under?
I can’t recall anything about it, at least not in my own runs
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Holy shit
Jyu are you going to go to StaNFoRD grad school?
The parallels are insane
Ooh ya
Lol
Lmaoo
What if i just live that life
But probably the one where I end up homeless
Lol nah dude you’ll burn your name into the world
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Memes are developing in the lab
Have you ever had dream deja vu?
?
Like experiencing deja vu in a dream
Turned out there’s a term for it
Precognitive dreams
I just had one where I’m writing code in a white themed editor in a lab/workspace area
And it hit me
I was programming in MATLAB in the lab
Then I got a massive headache
And now I’m here
Maybe I’m a mutant
Or just a stroke
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lol w\ut
Yeah same
Fri, Oct 19th 2018, 11:40 pm
FUCK DUDE
I just got out of the lab, amazing day with the lab peeps
Check my phone
Totally forgot that I was supposed to meet up Katie and her friends for bowling
Fuk fuk fuk
Oh rippp
The game PLOT is already happening
This is like when u decide to work on ur robot instead of hanign out with josh
Sat, Oct 20th 2018, 1:56 am
Fuk dude
THE GAME
Sat, Oct 20th 2018, 4:08 pm
aw fuk i can't reproduce the friendzoen scene
i keep accidentally having sex with elly
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Oh wtfff
I've never encountered this before
Someone mailed a bomb to my house and now my right arm is missing
Sat, Oct 20th 2018, 8:55 pm
Dude when I saw the preview to your message I almost had a heart attack lol
But damn, and here I thought we both got most if not all the scenes
And Lol “accidentally” keep having sex with Elly
Maybe you’re subconsciously trying super duper hard to avoid being friend zone even in game
Sun, Oct 21st 2018, 12:16 am
oh yeah
stanford just released some of their 200 level AI course
https://cs230-stanford.github.io/
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Material for Stanford CS230
Taught by Ng and Katanforoosh
thought you might be interested in what they're doing
Sun, Oct 21st 2018, 1:11 pm
Oooh thanks
Sun, Oct 21st 2018, 5:41 pm
I notice every associated with that course are majority east asian or indian
Have you ever felt like you just don't want to help people anymore?
whoa lol, that came out darker than I expected
actually fuk these emo feels
it's probably from not being in the lab
?
I'm going to just go to the lab instead and do work there
wdym
elaborate on da feelz
I just get all tired and angsty when I'm not in the lab I notice
probably not causation
just a trend I noticed
also whenever I hang out with ppl around my age it always somehow goes back to "Oh Roy, help me with my programming assignment, oh can you teach me how to make circuit boards, oh can you please tell me about computer vision"
like goddamn I was happy to help, but I want to do my own work too
I spent all of yesterday helping someone with their coding assignment
well I guess I either have to learn how to say no better
or just hang out in the lab every waking moment
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the whole hanging out with people my age here hasn't been as nice as some people said it should've been
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"ppl mY aGe are losers. I'm fucking Roy Xing. I can't hang out with these losers"
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that is NOT what I meant lol
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I just sometimes recall when you were talking about how you were excited to be able to be surrounded by people smarter than you and learning from them and bonding with them
and when I take a look around me with the kids my age I haven't been able to find that group yet, besides the way upperclassmen and grad students in the lab
maybe I should just go with the flow more often, but sometimes it just feels disappointing
"when i look around me everyone's fucking stupid as shit"
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jk
hmmmm
idk, talking/thinking about this kinda stuff always makes me feel like an asshole for even feeling that way lol
well first of all ya u have to stop being a fucking wus and just tell ppl no
nah your fine lol i'm just meming
i'm revenge meming u for all the "I'm jUStIn yU" memes
LOL
tru, 'tis a golden opportunity
idk, I just notice it a lot with one of the sophomore girls I know
ya so first of all u gotta stop beng a wus and just say no
every time we interact it's her asking me to help her with robotics, computers whatever
ooh damn
dude these signalzzzz
she has a boyfriend
and I am 100% not attracted to her by any means
"Roy can you come over and fix my hardware"
holy fuk
idk maybe I took to much heedance to people's suggestion to hanging out with people my age
expecting that whole"find your group of friends"
when that's not truly a priority
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hmm
so you don't feel like u have like a squad?
I feel like I don't need one and I don't particularly want one
but that's the "noRMaL" thing to do
tbh my only solid point of contact with undergrad life/association is Katie LOL
lmao
wait so what socila activities do u do
hang out in the lab
go to whatever Katie tells me to go to
except Bowling last time since I was at the lab
so u only go on social things with ur lab? lol
holy shit
I only go on social things with the lab
hmmmmmmm i notice a trend here
lemme apply my ML skillz
lemme plug this into my recurrent neural network
are you going to blockchain the cloud too?
one other thing that's got me a little downtrodden and I know it's kinda like a small and shitty thing
is that whenever they have talks here from alumni of the undergrad program or "networking" events it all is kinda lackluster
but the grad robo seminars and stuff have all been amazing
but I guess I could chalk that up to grad school vs undergrad difference
A possible bad sign I’ve also noticed is that I’ve been eating alone in my dorm a lot
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lol fuk dude, idk why I'm complaining so much
sorry sorry
I'm already getting annoyed at myself
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heres a shitmeme for u
fuck bad timing
LMAO
yes u were saying
sorry go on LOL
nah that's about it tbh
bad feels sneak up on me whenever I'm not in the lab
hmm
what do u mean by lackluster
like the alumni themselves are not interesting or you are not interested in them lol
like look at this dude who was an ECE BS from here, he's making chips at a boring ass office job in a random ass company
like the dude literally said that he spends each day just fixing bugs in the office
but they have free expresso makers so that's really cool
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oh so corporate life
YEAH FUCK MAN
IT FEELS LIKE A CORPORATE LIFE FACTORY HERE FOR THE UNDERGRADS
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jk idk
maybe I'm just expecting too much
hmm
I think it may be the horror of mediocrity that's setting upon me, perceived of by myself in my own mind of my environment
wait elaborate
I came here for the lab right
placing all my bets on that
while a lot of my friends are going to great undergrad programs
and from the internet and societal hype about college, I'm assuming that subconsciously I expected undergrad life to be more exciting too
but so far it feels rather lackluster compared to other events
it's like the small things
like when Sam mentioned that Vanderbilt had a big thing for undergrads to network with big companies
and I look at the undergrad networking stuff here and it's with frankly lackluster companies
usually I'm not exposed to it when I'm in the lab, but whenever I'm with some undergrads I notice it and the feeling of mediocrity just kinda pokes me the wrong way
I'm not saying the people here are mediocre, since that's just not true and mean to say
but rather the environment feels like that
like still when I ask fellow undergrads what they want to do after college, it tends to just be find a good paying job
and the sharp contrast to that is when I'm in the lab, just the robotics grad building here in general where people are way more focused on their work, and know what they want to do, etc.
like when I'm sitting in the ECE course here it's about how you could be working for [insert generic chip making company name] and live a nice life by doing blah blah, now let's learn how a circuit works
but when I'm sitting in on the lab meetings it's about looking over BD's patents and analyzing our own dynamics and theories of the physics behind certain mechanisms
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so the academic environment just isn't stimulating
have you gone to any meetups or events that might house some like-minded ppl?
outside of ur lab
yeah
even outside of the school. idk if the city itself has meetups
bruh, I live in the forest
think of Cornell's environment
but more hippies
way more hippies
rip
well there's nothing wrong with hanging out with upperclassmen
but i feel like you should branch out of ur lab
Why do I need to be SocIAl ouTSIdE of the robotic labs
being real though
what benefits would that bring
lol
well
if you put aside silly things like mental health
LMAO
but yeah that's true, who cares about mental health when you're perfectly mental
1. it'll help you branch out into different interests and see different perspectives outside of robotics. going into OSU you already had a thing where you were a bit too focused on one field, and now you're only hanging out with ppl of that one field lol 2. you always want to have a network of ppl to support you when u need it both emotionally and for future jobs or opportunities and such
for the first one, I'm already taking art history, it'll be fine I bet
plus any time I spend outside of those fields is less time I'm doing research or reading up on the latest research
holy shit
I actually just said that
okay you're right
I think I have a problem
the support network is already fine though I think, the only jobs that I would want is in robotics and the labs here are already well connected and not to mention my connections back in Boston
emotional support is not needed since mental health is not important
so I guess I should hang out with the social robotics people more
good solution
lmao
maybe I should check out that asian american people thing
or hang out with the robotics team officers more
ya do it
OR I COULD BECOME A FULL ON LAB RAT LIKE IN THE GAME
maybe doing more research on that personal project and kicking it into higher gear will also distract me from frivolous things like social mental well being and self-perceived image of my environment and myself
Sun, Oct 21st 2018, 10:42 pm
When do you think it’ll be a good time to apply to internships?
Hmmm
Probably around now
I know there's a bunch of deadlines coming up in early - mid Nov
At least for me
Lmao fuk, time to boot up LaTeX
Too bad all the places I’m looking at are small
That's not vad
Bad
I'm only really looking at startups
You going try Skydio?
I tried already lol they rejected me
Well they said they are only look for third years or above
Tho u can cheese it and still apply but my resume isn't strong enough regardless
Show them up, show them your brilliance and they’ll have to take you
Show them ur projects
Alright, I guess it’s time to try to use connections
Then what other places are you looking at?
Well there's another round of recruiting in the spring ij think
But I emailed a few NLP startups
There's one, nference which i networked pretty hard for during career that is considering me
I just finished a coding assessment they sent me yesterday
So we'll see
Oh damn that’s intense
I was thinking of just asking Hurst and or grad students if they had any recs or places to look at
They're a startup spun out of MIT and have some pretty cool ppl on their staff so I think it would be a good way to learn
And also emailing MassRobotics again
Ya that's a good idea
What about just intenring for agilitiy?
Lol I have no idea if I’m good enough for Agility
Well if u work at their labs all year
They'll probably at least consider u for an interview
I only just got a controlled SLIP model system barely working like last week, which I still need to work out some specific bugs
Also remember, the highest financial cost of hiring is not wages but onboarding
I guess I could still ask
Since u won't really need onboarding u should have a good advantage
Worst case scenario I go back to Booz Allen
I mean the other issue would be housing lol
Can't u get summer housing on campus?
Agility is a 20 minute drive from campus
On the highway
Bike
It’s rural af outside of campus
Lol
First I suppose I’ll get my resume in order and then get on other stuff
I wish I learned LaTeX earlier lol
Ya don't let dumb things like money and logistics get in the way. In the long run the experience and the resume boost will be worth it for future endeavors
At the very least u might net 0 and spend all ur wages on transportation
And netting 0 is way more money than if u were left to ur own devices for a summer
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Well shit you’re not wrong
Also u don't need latex for resumes
I pulled mine out of Bill Gates ass
I know, but I need to learn it anyway, all the grad students use it for their HW
Lol what do you mean out of Gates ass
Did you make it from google docs?
Urgh as in Microsoft word
Sorry I'm tired
Holy shit
You used MS :O
Lol it’s fine dude, no need to apologize for being tired
I’m reading about Greek dicks rn
Did you know they made statues that comprised of just a guys head and a huge dick?
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What is that protruding out of his midsection then
That’s supposed to be the dick
It’s a column body
Meant to be atropaic
Ohhh I thought u meant the body was suppose to be the dick lmao
This whole paper is about dicks
And his head is just on the head of a dick
LOL
That would be next level
Next level art
Ya Greek art is basic shit
Don't even have full body dicks
There’s a whole paragraph about how the Athenians loved little dicks
I can’t anymore
Is this what art historians really do all day
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Jeezus lol
Athenians probably didn't say no homo first
Smh
That’s why their empire fell
They didn't really have an empire
Virgin Athenians vs the Chad Spartans
Only predominance in the Delian league
Well I’m sorry if an empire is irrelevant to artistic pursuit
That's right I paid attention in 6th grade
LOL
I can’t believe that’s what you remembered from sixth grade
Nah actually it wasn't 6th grade
It was cuz I was a huge history nerd
I wanted to be a historian in elementary school
Oh yeah I recall you mentioning that
Now look at you, going to become a book writer
Linguistics
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Holy shit the Spartans really were chads
Lmaooooo
Holy shit
Tue, Oct 23rd 2018, 6:08 pm
Here’s a question
Would there be any negative effects if poverty is eradicated
Hmm
Wait I'm in gym class but imma give an answer in a bit
Wed, Oct 24th 2018, 9:29 pm
Lol the question only rose up since ppl were discussing AI/robots taking jobs and stuff during a symposium
Also, I think I found another reason to travel and see other places besides robots, to see art
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I think it highly depends on how poverty is eradicated
If all poor ppl all grow in wealth in a short period of time to above the poverty line (like within a decade or two), that's essentially inflation. All prices and cost of living would increase along with the increase in overall wealth bc everyone can afford to raise prices
It's also worth mentioning that as time progresses, the standard of poverty increases. Impoverished ppl today are more wealthy than impoverished ppl decades ago etc.
I think the best way to eradicate poverty would be to decrease cost of production of essential goods, basically increasing the value of money in relation to goods
But in my opinion what's most likely is that poverty is never eliminated, but the standard of living for everyone increases over time so the poverty line also increases over time
This is just my intuition + basic economics, so I could b completely wrong
Thu, Oct 25th 2018, 1:41 am
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Baidu demos STACL (Simultaneous Translation with Anticipation and Controllable Latency), the first simultaneous machine translation system with anticipation ...
You should definitely take a look at this video and description
Nah your prediction sounds about right, plus like uh drugs. There was also a small debate on UBC by some researchers and industry ppl and one of the more compelling arguments against it is that it would create a large group of freeloaders, probably druggies
Well that's specific to certain methods of eradicating poverty
Like UBI and shit
Thu, Oct 25th 2018, 9:24 pm
dude
I need to learn how to be more aggressive/assert
*assertive
fuk
Rip why?
Fuck dude just took my midterm for intro to ml
Oof literally every day at mit makes me wish I were smart
it's a bit of a long story
oh damn, congrats on finishing though!
lol, that's good though right? You're always around the best, so much potential all around
or have you been feeling the whole little fish big pond thing?
It's usually good but sometimes it's just overwhwlming
And also I have 2 more midterms tomorrow
Rip
oh shi, then I should probably leave you back to studying
I'm so screwed
I also got deathly I'll this week
Blame sarah
I'll lol
damn
Eiwidbeiwhdi
And I'm really behind on my urop stuff
Damn this week has not been a good week
How's it been going with u?
Did u make any guy friends
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no
some fifth year senior tried to be sassy with me in the lab
fuking didn't even know what gaze mode is on the robot
amateur
damn
r u just going around chadding ppl
otherwise I was moving robots around with the grad students late night for some conference/events
no lol, that's why I need to be more assertive
on graduation day u should just go up to him and rip his diploma
LOL
oh ya wiat why do u need to be more assertive
I'll tell ya another time, since you have midterms tomorrow
gotta be considerate of your situation, unlike that senior
ok
damn lol
good luck man!!
be sure to get enough sleep so the illness doesn't negatively impact you too much
can't take a test if you sneeze and cough every 10 seconds
thxx
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no homo
Sun, Oct 28th 2018, 12:14 am
How ya doing on this fine Halloweekend
Sun, Oct 28th 2018, 3:46 am
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actuallly pretty good
idk
its wierd i have bouts of feeling insecure and bouts of just being chill with life
hbu
Sun, Oct 28th 2018, 3:34 pm
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Insecure?
Are you ok?
ye just some bad feels when im tired and sick
It’s not about Sarah right
nah nah
Oohhh
Then what about?
idk im just feeling behind on a lot of things
Behind?
Like intellectually? Socially?
like i'm spending a lot of time doing clubs and doing like my own learning and stuff and i'm still miles behind a lot of ppl, and then when i try to spend time with my floor it feels like i'm not super close with anyone since i don't spend as much time on the floor since i'm doing the first thing
so basically i'm spending a lot of time doing shit and losing out both ways
LOL
huh interesting
yeah I can see where you're coming from
though it's kinda like the opposite
Whenever my floor calls for an event or tries to get a get together I just see it as time not spent in the lab or studying and so I just don't go and don't worry about it
because I'm just in the lab anyway
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and you're not "behind" other people what makes you think that anyway?
the only path you need to be worried about advancing is your own
so you feel like you've stretched yourself out too thin and that you aren't getting the results that you want from both sides
sounds kind of like how some CEO's have great business lives, but shit family lives
not even memeing rn, but that balance is incredibly hard to pull off
what I think would help is if you met someone who's proactive in wanting to hang out with you from the social side of things
and if you can find a solid group of memers who're interested in the ML NLP side you can hang out with otherwise
but no need to go out "searching" you'll recognize them when they're around eventually
there aren't many ppl who proactively want to hang out i feel like
or at least with me
there's an easy fix for that, step 1: be hot
its very easy to just fall into a hole of being by yourself doing work
thanks man lol
lol no problemo, I'm here for ya
in that case, you might wanna be the proactive one a little bit more, putting yourself in situations where others can join you
do you mean like you end up in a library corner or dorm doing work?
ya i try lol
ya i just end up doing work pretty late and then when i get back to BC ppl are all asleep
do you feel more concerned about the social aspect or the experience/intellectual aspect?
the social one bc that's the part i'm not good at
so you feel as if you aren't connected with anyone due to your lack of hanging out with anyone consistently
and when you get back to your dorms no one is around
ye i guess
What do you want to do about it?
idk i think i just need to give it time
it just feels kinda shitty
yeah I suppose so
just be careful to let it passively take over
time can wear away at any problem, but it also wears away at you
ya.........
i think im gonna go take a nap
its probanly cuz ive been averaging 3-4 hrs the past week
yeah you best take that nap Jyu
g'nap!
Sun, Oct 28th 2018, 10:28 pm
God fuking damnit why do I gotta take a goddamn health class
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I feel like we both k u secretly need it
As do I but still
I don’t care that vitamins A,D,E, and K are fat soluble
You know what
I bet this is the Democrats fault
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I’ve been pondering about people saying one needs to have a work life balance
But shouldn’t it be a more case by case basis
I don’t want to operate at 80% on social life and work each
I want to operate at 120% for one and 40% for the other
Aka gonna join a frat AND a sorority
I think the pt is for most ppl if u don't balance it then it gets unhealthy to the pt where the total productivity is less
How can one be unproductive if all they do is work
Checkmate liberals
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Is this what ur health class is teaching u
Yeah teaching me propaganda
But they can’t get me, for I don’t drink mineral water
And everyone who’s not in the lab keeps telling me it’s not good to be a lab rat
have you gotten better after the nap?
Ya kinda
I'm going to bed early tonight too
oh damn
that's good!! Turning that around
don't sweat the social scene too much, you're a super likeable guy, you'll find people
and for the "being behind" crap, you're ahead of so many people in ways you can't even see yet
that group of "people" being the people you're afraid of being ahead of you
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Thanks man
No homo
<3
no homo
Mon, Oct 29th 2018, 12:18 pm
I have a blind date on Saturday lmao
holy shit what
how the
what the
did you set it up? Where are you going/what are you doing
iZ dIZ tHe tAmMY roUTe?
seriously though, good for you man! Trying out something new like that
you're actually actively heading into the dating world
my god
Lol nah u didn't set it up
We have a floormal for our floor next sat
And we have a floor tinder system where u pick someone on the floor to find u a blind date
It's a "floormal" but basically u dress up fancy and then throw a rager lol
Mon, Oct 29th 2018, 2:54 pm
What the
That’s oddly specifically arranged for something as precise of a population sample as a dorm
So all you know is that she’s in BC?
No she doesn't have to be from bc
It's just a floor tradition lol
Ohhh
Fuck dude I think I actually found a pet peeve
Fucking cucks who sit at desktop spaces with their laptop
Rip
Lol why
Cuz these computers are meant for printing
And public space for those who don’t have laptops on them at the moment
And some of them have specific programs, like if they were a lab computer
Fucking fifth year senior doesn’t even know Cassie had gaze mode thinks he can tell me shit
Fucking bring my own laptop to the lab, well I’m doing actual research unlike your shitty honors thesis
Sorry that was raging in me for a bit now
LOL
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Wait what did the fifth yr senior do to u
I technically sit at an open space in the lab right, but I’ve settled there so much now that the grads call it Roy’s desk right
But I still keep it clean and organized for when other ppl sit there when I’m not around right
I even made a little sign that showed the password and some quirks on the settings on the computer that one of the Masters said was useful
Fifth year senior shows up, be like pls Dr. Hurst I need an advisor for this honors thesis idk
Sits at the desk, I’m chill with that
But later when I ask if I can use the space since I have files on there and MATLAB is a thiccboi
Kid goes like “well you know labspace is limited it would be better if you brought your laptop instead”
Bruh wut
You have your laptop at a desktop space when we have space for laptop space
It’s like 5 ft from you
You’ve been in the lab only a few weeks, Hell I’ve been around longer than you at this point
But me being the un-confrontational shit
When he did it again and one of the grad students noticed and asked if I wanted “my” desk back rn I said nah it’s ok
And he’s just reading papers and complaining about how he doesn’t understand shit and how there’s too much info
Like bruh is this your first time reading research papers and you’re in your fifth year??
Now I’m just peeved, I even said no when Lillian asked me to fuking teach her circuit diagrams and PCB making
Also the guy threw away my sign for the computer
Like bruh, we actually _used_ that
🐱
He’s also got a high pitched voice
🐱
🐱
Lmaoo
Damn I haven't seen u get this heated about anyone in a while
He’s obstructing work
Why don't u just point out that he's using a laptop when there are spaces for laptops
I did when I first asked him to move
But now one of the new ML masters student claimed part of that space, Lorenzo you a G
Now fifth year senior better sit in the corner or something
I just got more heated when he threw away the sign
Like bruh what a petty thing to do
At first I was nervous about confronting him too hard since I’m technically new
But when the masters students asked me who that random guy at my desk was
No more worries
Nice nice
I think u gotta be less nice Roy
Yeah
🐱
Fuk
U gotta go out and Chad ppl
What I just don’t get is why he’s being a bitch like dat
Everyone else in the lab gets along just fine, happy team of nerds
But this new guy
Maybe it’s cuz he’s not really doing anything but his honors thesis
How does one become less nice
U just have to be comfortable with asserting something that u believe is rightfully urs
next time I'll grab his laptop and throw it on the ground
"HOW ABOUT NOW? YOU'RE STILL TAKING UP SPACE?!"
🐱
🐱
You better research up asshole, cuz I'm not just coming back for the desk
anyway
you excited about your blinddate?
Eh kinda
Idk I don't have too much hope for it lol
My expectations are low
why so?
no need to be super hyped and stuff
but it's a new and hopefully pleasant experience
getting to know new people, new information
🐱
Ya
I guess
Girls are weird
It'd be nice to get a friend out of this tho
ayyy, that's a good attitude
don't forget to your a fedora
🐱
*wear a
Thanks man lol
of course of course
I also spent a large amount of time last night painting a model instead of studying health crap lol
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Lol
Is that the 3d printed one
Yeah it was a calming experience
But took too much time perhaps
Maybe that also applies to this, but it was quite the bonding experience
Oh yeah pls don’t spread any info about the costume
Still not sure how much we wanna use/display it
did u k
at-sts are usless af
did u k they were defeated by 3 teddy bears
🐱
We were actually slightly worried about putting guns on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3C5GN15kas
Lol wtf
Why is Star Wars so weird
Mon, Oct 29th 2018, 9:31 pm
Do people actually like the Ewoks?
lol
no its a big meme
Like The Last Jedi?
reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
LOL
I can’t believe you just reee’d
The lAsT jeDI is an unDeRAPprEciAteD cineMaTIc wORk of ARt That PISSed PEOPle off BECaUSe They cAn't HandLe UndErcutTing of ExpecTAtIONs AnD aRe TRyInG To pRojeCT OLd STOrylineS oNTo nEw ParADigm ShIftS in sToRY jUsT To PLeAse tHEiR INneR 5 YEAR olD Who cAn'T gET oveR tHE fact tHAT LukE is a FuCKiNg pUSSy anD HEs dEad! Hes FUckING deAD! GeT tHE fUCk ovEr it. YeS tHeRE arE WeaKEr PoInts in the LASt jEDi sUcH AS Rose ANd The CantO Byte sEqUenCeS BuT thEy dO Not REnDER THE eNtIrE fIlM AnD AlL of ITs cINEmAtiC aChiEveMents ObsELEtE
oh my god I can't believe you camelCaseMemed that whole thing
I'm genuinely impressed
what about when Luke drank that green-ass alien titty milk, stared into the camera, and gave that soul-rending grin
obviously it was an empowering moment
for alien women
to breastfeed in public
Tue, Oct 30th 2018, 4:38 am
How do we know those aliens are female
Maybe the males produce milk in their species
CAnt jUsT maKE AsSumpTIonS lIkE tHAt
Holy shit you’re up early
What happened to the whole sleep early thig
or up late lol
im writing an essay i just started today thats due in 10 hrs
Past 3 am it’s morning my man
Bruh
That’s insane
its 4:44
ya u should also be asleep man
Holy fuck I just puked all over my bed
Well I guess it’s good it’s not my desk
Time to sleep in the lounge
Do you think it would be worth the money saved to wash off undigested Tylenol pills and reingest them
This is what I get for eating outside the lab
Ok I’m going to try to sleep on the not vomit
Gluck with your essay!!
Holy fuck
What
Wait
Are you ok
Tue, Oct 30th 2018, 5:48 pm
Yeh idk what happened
Subconscious anxiety? Idk lmao
Ate tuna, feel better
Tue, Oct 30th 2018, 8:44 pm
Lmao dude I just had a convo with the scholarship organizer person
Was talking about how in order to get funding for research it needs to be applicable and relevant to applications
And that it can’t just be for pure science
I need to master the art of bullshitting relevance like UC Berkeley’s SALTO robot
whats the salto robot
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what duh
does it actually work like that
What do you mean by does it actually work like that?
That’s all that version can do lol
SALTO-1P can now jump continuously for a bit using some drone propellers
But the justification/relevance for research was search and rescue possibilities
Which I think was also CMU’s snake robot too
Lmao
Just gotta say search and rescue I guess
how does it control itself in the air
or aim for surfaces to jump off of
or is it literally only able to jump off surfaces in that configuration
LOL
The old one just couldn’t
Now it uses propellers to reorient itself midair
Wed, Oct 31st 2018, 2:09 am
Woah that's actually pretty cool
Wed, Oct 31st 2018, 10:17 pm
ikr
but still wondering how the fuk they got funding
how's your halloween so far/
?
partying?
Thu, Nov 1st 2018, 1:53 am
nah
just psets lol
and clubs
Hey roy I just wanted to let you know that you’re fake as fuck. I found out what you said about me but it’s cool just don’t ever talk to me again and don’t even try fixing this shit cause i’m just playing lol u my bitch. send this to 10 people to scare them. happy halloween u candy corn licking bitch lmao. love you
Thu, Nov 1st 2018, 5:02 pm
Did Sarah send that to you?
ya lol
Thu, Nov 1st 2018, 8:07 pm
you ever have moments of philosophical introspective as you take a piss?
Uh
Not specifically when I take a piss
huh
ic
interesting note
so what've you been up to?
the blind date's tomorrow right
did you plan out what your opening line is going to be yet?
It's on sat
Nah I haven't thought about it much
The only things I've been grinding are psets
FUK, my times are off
😫
wow when you put it that way
_virgin_
oh yeah you know about the hedge fund virgin company thing?
? No
the Virgin Group
Wut
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What the
"Richard Branson founded the Virgin Group, which controls more than 400 companies"
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I'm very surprised you haven't heard of them
Oh wait I've heard of some of the companeis
I didn't k they were all on the same group
yeah dude it's insane
"Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneur at a young age. His first business venture, at the age of 16, was a magazine called Student. In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business. He opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records—later known as Virgin Megastores—in 1972. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he set up Virgin Atlantic airline and expanded the Virgin Records music label. In 2004, he founded spaceflight corporation Virgin Galactic, based at Mojave Air and Space Port, noted for the SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane designed for space tourism"
But the real meme
Branson wanted to create like a convention/gathering thing
I guess it was supposed to be like an Apple presentation or MARS from Amazon
but he wanted to name it
"Virgin Fest"
oh jk, it's supposed to be a huge music fesetival
lmao
Fri, Nov 2nd 2018, 1:39 am
Lmaooo
Sat, Nov 3rd 2018, 2:03 am
Dude I finally did it
?
I finally asked a girl out
Wait wut
WAIT WUT
Hold on
Nah I’m just fucking with ya
Lmao
Gnight!
I’ve been in the lab every hour of free time I have in the day you think I’m going to ask a girl out?
🐱
Fuk
I should ask a girl out
Dw I know
🐱
Know me so well :’)
Dude did I tell u
At the frat party apparently one of my frat bros friends thought I was cute so they asked for my number
But I barely talked to any girls
So
I guess it must be a guy
🐱
🐱
LMAO
Or or
She could have been a shy quiet type
Lol maybe
But they asked one of the bros for my number after the party so they must know my name so they must have talked to me
Or they know someone who talked to you and asked them what’s the name of that “cute boy”
Or maybe on a less hopeful note you talked to a reverse trap at some point
Ew
True tbh most likely
Hey at least they didn’t call you nice
“ hey what’s the name of that nice guy “
Wait is that a reference
Lol yeh man
Yeah you should get some sleep
It’s a reference on top of a meme
Ya.....
I’ve basically ascended (Ethan)
Good night!! Let me know how that blind date goes
Lol thamks
Sat, Nov 3rd 2018, 8:09 pm
How was the date
Yo wtf happened to Late Imperial Roman art LOL
LOL wtf
Also my dates happening at 10
Apparently they theorize the new art style reflects the new sense of government and social structure in which your position and title is more important than you yourself, hence the lack of distinguishing features on the sculpt
Sculpture
And damn that’s late
What are you guys going to be doing that late??
Sat, Nov 3rd 2018, 10:52 pm
LOL MY blind date just left
The party started 30 min ago
wait
does that mean you never met her?
Nah I did for like 20 min
But I was already know her
From cow and befire
"I was already know her"
are you sure you're not tipsy?
what the heck is cow and befire?
Ok ss oom bdurni rn
I'm so durni rn
Drun k
Drunk
O lo k3km
Wanna vid call?
My phones almkos tdyi ng
Dying
But I can call in a bit
Damn feelsbad
Like It got fharge
I just gotta chqrve
Charge
Be careful then, don’t end up drunk and no form of communication!
The video chat ended.
Sun, Nov 4th 2018, 8:30 pm
HOLY FUCK
i just finished death note
it was soooo good
wait what part made you stop watching?
LOL
was it when L died
I just found Mello and near to be a bit too absurd as successors to L
Especially how ridiculous mello acted sometimes
but mello was barely important like 2 episodes after L's death
i thought Near was pretty good
holy fuck the ending tho damn my heart rate spiked so hard
Well shit man I didn’t get far enough for mello to not be important any more LOL
Oh yea, Kira’s end?
wait have u watched the ending then?
Yeah, I eventually saw that later
But I can’t say I know the whole context and build up to the point lol
From the sounds of it did you like Death Note more than FMA?
ya
way better
the whole concept of death note is so cool
Hm something about the idea
Of a young man gaining the power to bend the world in his will and the mind games and struggles that come with it and the people opposing him?
Somehow when I lay it out like that it would make sense that you would enjoy it
lmao
But then again last night you were complaining about not having a gf and being lonely
more so the concepts of what is justice and what isn't and does justice actually exist (i don't think so)
but also ya that concept that u lay out is also cool
and even in the absense of justice, is Light Yagami's philosophy really good or bad?
if you cut out his more crazy god ramblings and just focus on the fact he reduced global war and crime by 70% in 5 years
I mean Hilter also produced some good statistics too, but it’s hard to ignore his crazy ramblings lol
I think lights results are good, but the ends don’t justify the means
but Hitler created more harm than good to the world as a whole
from a utiltarian perspective the ends absolutely do justify the means
But the world doesn’t only work in one perspective
Lights intentions of eliminating crime and stuff all align with everyone else’s
But the difference is what people are willing to do to achieve that result
Also didn’t Light kill a murder suspect before they were even able to be proved innocent or guilty?
ya
he killed a lot of innocent ppl
but not nearly as many guilty ppl
It’s best not to trade lives, #captainAmerica
ya alright Captain that's why he traded ten thousand wakanda lives just so he could try to save Vision
Well the clear reasoning for that is that Wakandans aren’t Americans
🐱
🐱
also just the conflict between two anonymous people
who's only interactions are through the medium of stone cold logic
Oh like how in the beginning Light and L could only interact through distant media’s like television
And L focusing down where light is
ya
but also way after that when light and L are face to face
but they're both still actually interacting only through their backhanded actions and suspicisions
also
i loved the fact that Ryuk's only motivation is boredom
it kinda highlights hows how subjective and nonexistence justice and morality is
bruh
this show is so fucking ogod
good
LOL so many themes and topics that line up with you?
Yeah boredom can be a better motivator than some people may think
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LMAO
so this kinda means that you're a weeb now amirite?
no fuck u
i just appreciate writing thats good as shit
the plot was so complex and logical too oh man oh man oh man this show was so good holy fuck
so uh, weeb huh?
Did you hear about how Netflix made an adaption of Death Note? lol
The setting changed to Seattle, Light's a whining teen of the highest caliber, L's a black dude now, and they failed the story
lmao
is there anything new on your to watch list now?
ive gotten a lot of recommendations for code geass
but that show looks weeby as shit
and i'm not a weeb obviously
so why would i watch a weeb show
Code Geass season 2 is hella wack
it turns the anime dial up 100%
there's also a lot of fanservice lol
yeah idk if you would enjoy it, it slowly but very noticeable loses any sense of realness over time
oh I bet you would like
Psycho-Pass
I still need to watch it myself too, but the general premise
is that the MC is a new cop in a system called the Civil System
it's an automatic system that tracks and monitors all the citizens and civilians in the city mentally
so it's able to deem people as deviants or not or even potential deviants
and its her job along with her partner, a captured deviant who's "useful" enough to be kept alive, to hunt down those deviants
and the show calls into questions about the Civil System itself, and its loopholes and dangers as well as its few benefits
it's also has a kickass opening
(well at least the second OP is super good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irqFRZqptWg
it's also got a strictly serious tone, so no goofy anime stuff like Code Geass or FMA
hmmmmm
maybbeee
nahhhhh anime takes up so much time
LOL
yeh ok man, says the guy who started watching anime when college started, and those animes being 30+ episodes
we could have a marathon on those kinda of shows and movies like Bladerunner when I come back
can't wait to see 2049
oh ya we have to watch bladerunner
the og one too
fuck i have so much hw
fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck
watching anime is so time expensive
wait, don't tell me you watched Death Note instead of doing HW lol
honestly i'm pretty satisfied with Death Note and I feel like i'll just be dissapointed with other anime
bc Death Note is ltierally right up my alley
LMAO
Death Note is the pinnacle of Japanese animation?
yes basically
you need to watch Cowboy Bebop
ew no
too weeby
i only watch non weeb shows
cuz im not a weeb
Cowboy Bebop is _the_ show to get non-weebs to watch an anime
also you watch and love Avatar the Last Airbender
that's pretty weeby
no Avatar the Last Airbender is not an anime
The creators clearly say it's inspired by animes!
its 100% untainted pure blooded Jesus-loving american tv
fuck u
🐱
Jesus-loving LMAO
🐱
I've noticed MIT has made you more frequent words like "bitch" and "fuck"
are these indications of undertoned freudian desires?
lol
actually one part that i do remember from yesterday
is that your a little fucking bitch roy
🐱
yeh cuz I'd rather focus on research rn instead of finding a gf
:(
can't be a *fucking* bitch if ur such a fucking bitch ya know
There's also the moment when you called yourself the sun
I'm the sun bitch!
didn't i say like nuclear reactor
or something
and also when you tried to find your pants, but lost your balance turning around
lmao did max send u the video
"I'm the Sun bitch! I'm a fusion reaction!"
oh ya lol
nah I saw everything real time
max held your phone in the same direction LOL
your speaking pattern is amazing
vi-de-o
fuuuuuuuuuk where are my pants?
I also like how you're still so considerate when Max mention his laptop is there
what a good man
thinkin' about going on another blind date anytime soon?
nah
i think im just gonna die alone
don't be a little bitch
there's lots of girls out there
those babson girls thought you were cute
you also called Sunning a bitch and then almost called her to tell her so
ya i heard u were telling me to do it ya little shit
nah man, Max and I just laid out the pros and cons for you
in the end it was of you own volition that lead you down the right path young padawan
(did I do that star wars thing right)
something something fuuuk I hate sand
nah that was never part of star wars
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heres a shitmeme jeremy sent me that sums up morality in Star Wars
these are quotes from the movie
holy shit
isn't star wars supposed to be uh
good?
yes
its good i swear
just not good for debating morality
laser swords are super cool
also the force is dope
blocking gunshots with laser swords is a dumb concept
and isn't the force just bugs in your blood stream?
ok maybe
they're acutally midicholrians
how the fuk do bugs in your blood stream give you mind physic powers lol
shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
yeh ok man
Also, do you think it would be too much to ask Dr. Hurst if he knows of any connections/ *cough* agility *cough* I could apply to for summer internships and stuff
Whoa I just walked by one of the strangely specific get togethers I’ve ever seen
It was just skinny white guys (obviously not cool chads) and short asian girls
Like ~8 of each category
And they were sitting separately
Huh apparently it was like a blind date frat/sorority thing
Maybe one of those guys will get drunk and complain about not having a gf later tonight
Oh yeah, when do you want to watch the blade runner series?
Nah I don't think it's too much at all
It's a completely normal thing to do to ask for recs and stuff
Also probably over winter break
Tue, Nov 6th 2018, 1:02 am
oh shi
got the rec
he even suggested labs and people he has connections with
but no mention of Agility, maybe I wasn't specific enough or they're just not looking for interns rn lol
even suggested IHMC, so that's hype af
nice!
did he connect u with specific ppl?
no lol
he just hinted that he knows people and he's willing to write
apparently he did something like this when he was an undergrad at CMU
Oh nicr
Ok that's good then
Is this for next summer?
where he spent a summer at the MIT Leg Lab right before it closed up (I think by that time Marc Raibert left for BD for a while and Gill Pratt was directing it)
I had to pretend I didn't know that when he told me, trying to hide my stalker knowledge on people in the field
🐱
yeah, aiming it to be
can't wait to get rejected and or ignored by every other lab out there
and or company
how's it going over there?
Pretty good
I think I decided on not going to russia
I just had a phone interview today which I think went really well
I'm waiting on the results of that
That's the 2nd stage of interviews so if i pass I'll be going in for a 3 hr in person interview
dayumnnn
CONGRATS!!!
Which place is this?
and huh, why not Russia?
What made ya change your mind on that
Tue, Nov 6th 2018, 1:28 pm
I would be able to do research
and also more things on campus
i feel like i will do an abroad program sometime tho
also r u voting?
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voting?
oh is that what everyone's talking about?
hmm what's that?
so you can do more what?
RESEARCH?!
Lol
what do you think this means
"It's certainly fine to reach out to any place. They're not going to take away your birthday. "
Uh
and I have no idea how to vote when I'm on the West Coast
Context?
Did u not register for an absentee ballot
Well I guess u had to vote like a week ago lol
lmao
I'm part of the problem of democracy
I was asking Dr. Hurst about research/places to apply to over the summer
and I asked if it was alright to apply to places like Ghost Robotics, which are technically competitors and that was his response LOL
Tue, Nov 6th 2018, 4:17 pm
well
at least you know ur birthday is safe
Yeah I suppose lol
Btw what did your shortened resume look like?
wdym shortened
Resume_9-25-2018_Technical.pdf
thats my most up to date resume that i'm using
Holy, your resume and even its base core of contents and what you’ve done is way better than mine
lol theres no such thing as better
Idk man, you have way more experience than me
I doubt any company cares about my shitty personal projects
Oh god I’m having a Sam moment
And I haven’t even started applying yet
nah man i just experience thats easier to capture in one line on a one page document
you just gotta be creative in how you express your level of expertise
and companies do care about personal projects, even if its a bit sketchy as long as you can justify it later on in an interview ur all set
I can’t talk about what I’ve done with the contractors or the lab since it’s all confidential
Lmao fuk
well you can still what skills u develped or used during those projects
*still talk about
I suppose so, we’ll have to see I suppose
I’m just riding on Hursts name rn technically when applying
Since I don’t think I stand out that much
Argh, how does sam get out of these self doubt moments
hmm i mean you're working in a grad student lab, that's already really good
There are people who’ve done that since high school
I’m not even understanding this paper one of the PhDs recommended to me rn
My controller just broke, I’m lost on research without the grads around
Is this what I get for not voting
ok none of the means anything tho in this context
bc were talking about a resume
Oh yeh
your background experience is definitely impressive for a freshman, that's already a fact. You just need to package it in the right way
I’m pretty sure I’m just technically a volunteer here in the lab too
well ask someone what youre official title is
Since I came in randomly one day, sat in a desk and started research without contacting the student programs
if its ambiguous u can just use "researcher" bc that applies to literally anything
but i would check in with one of the grad students about what you should put yourself as
“Volunteer Researcher” I guess
ya that works too
Yeh true
just don't put "volunteer"
Idk why I suddenly had a freak out moment
lol Sam and I were literally talking about how we're the two bitch bois and all the bitching eminate from us and are absorbed by you and Sarah. and then occasionally Sarah emanates her bitching and is absorbed by the three of us. meaning you are the ULTIMATE absorber of all three of our bitchingness
meaning if you start bitching it becomes a positive feedback loop of bitching
Lol what the
That sounds dangerous
lol
but ya you have nothing to worry about, you're definitely experienced enough for any of these jobs ur applying for
u just gotta be a better sales person for yourself
let me handle the business side
🐱
🐱
Lol thanks man
I owe ya a lot
You’re better at soothing people than you might think
lol i feel like thats not true
maybe its just cuz i know you well enough
but in general i'm pretty shit
Yeah I suppose that is a big and important factor
Also apparently according to the grads
I’m an Undergraduate Researcher
No need for volunteer and whatever
Since I’m an undergrad, doing research
🐱
ye there we go
Also I think MATLAB is a better language than Python now
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LOL
I mean at least it has proper for loops and not freaking “in range”
Like wtf using that many keywords
wtf
range is so useful
python for loops are so useful
I think python just doesn’t understand that
Less characters/symbols used per line != more readable code
😤😤😤
Tue, Nov 6th 2018, 10:49 pm
Welp, just finished making a shit one page resume
its probably not shit
The skeleton in terms of the order of stuff is kinda similar to yours now that I look at it again...
resume.pdf
lol, what the heck, try to open it as a jpeg
fuk, the meme is ruined, I didn't expect it to actually register as a .pdf
fucking windows
it doens't open
Yeah, cuz windows rebranded it as .pdf even though I wanted the tag to be ambiguous
It was just a picture of what they don’t teach you in Harvard business school
And what they do teach you
This is my actual resume (I haven’t taken another proof read yet)
lmao
ya it looks good
except the fonts don't all match up
Lmao fuk
Time to change it to Ubuntu and call it a day
oh also
the standard format for the description of positions is to start off with an action word
instead of it being sentences
Da fuk is this convention
Like, Booz Allen-Tom Cruised my way through work, breaking my spirit and doing nothing
He’s an action star right
so for example: "I participate and aid in any research that is currently being conducted. I have programmed simulations on reduced order models of theories of legged locomotion, such as the SLIP model and implemented some controllers." would be broken down into two bullets: - Programmed simulations on reduced order models of theories of locomotion, such as the SLIP model - implemented controllers _________
or something like that
Aw shit, but doesn’t that take up more lines?
With the format I’m using I’m already at the limit
Some of the spacing are actually just a new line but at 5 font size LOL
no i think itll be about the same
its less words
you ahve to play with the wording so you can be as close to a full line as possible for each bullet
Is this what graphic designers do all day?
Do you think it would be humorous enough to add “helped make Halloween costume” under the research part?
lol
Don’t like how goddamn bland my resume is rn
No character
probably wouldn't do that
Aw man
Fucking corporate life ruining the fun
resume ppl are not expecting to get anything about personality when doing resume scans
you can mention it in your interview tho
What if the resume ppl are all small startups
then its up to you
Hebi Robotics is still like ten dudes from the same lab
What’s the worst that could happen I wonder
Wed, Nov 7th 2018, 1:01 pm
Do you think the color of a resume will effect how it’s perceived
mm probably subconciously
i think the characteristic most affected would be like proffessionalism
its a little less stringent for tech companies
but as long as you're not flashing neon cyan or smthn
I prefer colors that are darker bc it looks more professional imo, so dark reds, brown, different shades of grey
oh and I avoid white text
i think your blue was fine, tho it could be a bit darker, i personally think dark red looks better on a resume but thats just personal preference
oh i would maybe change your header tho, i feel like the white text on a blue background looks wierd
Whattt
white text on blue background is stylish as fuk
wait, what would you personally change it to?
Thu, Nov 8th 2018, 12:19 am
lol idk
i mean i personally like my resume format but that's cuz its purely a personal preference
i think white text doesn't look that good but that's just me
also
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JANApS0P4z8
casually explained is fucking hilarious
Thu, Nov 8th 2018, 12:15 pm
LOL
Damn that 3rd world country bit in the end
i'm shooting my first gun today lol
Wait wut
You’re also a republican now????
Ya I shot two libs today
Nah my PE is pistol
Today was shooting day
Wait wut I thought your PE was just health class
And damn that’s a badass PE class, just standing and shooting
That's for half a sem
🐱
Sun, Nov 11th 2018, 8:25 pm
Is it subtle racism if I don't care for ancient Jewish art as much as Greco-Roman, etc.?
🤔
Mon, Nov 12th 2018, 12:54 pm
Lol no
What even is ancient Jewish art
Mon, Nov 12th 2018, 7:47 pm
Greek with red-figure decorations, so probably High Classical or Hellenistic period:
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Ancient Jewish Art (Which came hundreds of years after Greek):
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Tue, Nov 13th 2018, 1:06 am
lmao wtf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnfztDYfxqQ
this is stuck in my head
one of my fav tame impala songs covered by arctic monkeys 😍
"I got my hopes up again, oh no... not again. Feels like we only go backwards darling."
u ok bro?
who's tame impala?
lol ya i'm ok, i just think its a cool song
tame impala is a australian psychedelic rock band
this the og: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wycjnCCgUes
wut, you're into psych rock? I thought you didn't like bands like Ceramic animals
wut ceramic animals is good
actually most tame impala songs sound kinda the same but there are a few i really like
oh yup, that's definitely psych rock
well acid trips can only be so different amirite
oh wait a sec
waht are you doin' up so late again
psetting
i had a busy weekend of not psetting lol
ahhh
makes sense
I can feel that
i've also started listening to the strokes a lot
bruh, why you on my wavelength rn
they're an interesting band that apparnetly alex turner got inspiration from
get off mah lambda
oh lol
yoooo
I had no idea that the Strokes were older than Alex Turner though
feel like Turner has a more "mature" sounding voice
ya he does
but i he was partly inspired by the strokes to start AM
ah yeh I can see where that comes from
also the first line of their new album is "I just wanted to be one of the Strokes, now look at the mess you made me make"
lol
LMAO
I feel like the Strokes has more energy in general in their music compared to how a lot of Turner's music turned into
I've been rather into YOLO from the Strokes rn
hmm idk about that
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bruh bruh bruh bruh
WHOA
WHAT THE FUK
lmao holy shit
this is one fat lambda
I'm also on Windows rn too
Linux side burns up my computer rn for some reason
rip lol
yeh, either the velocity of this wave is super big or the frequency is super small rn
ew
physics
but ya yolo is such a good song
apparently the physics department here isn't that great, and if the teaching is any indication, whooo boi
oh rip
is it worse than carlson
also i remember i showed you a song by the strokes back in the summer and u didn't like Reptilia
ye, my prof literally spent a whole lecture watching Doppler Effect videos and kinda just expected the kids to know the concept behind it
yeah, now I have Reptilia in my playlist LOL
heheeeeeee
reptilia is so good
and damn ya that's like carlson
only problem is since we're on a quarter system the content gets swept by the speed
at this point I'm just learning how to utilize the formulas, I would have a hard time deriving the formulas from pure scratch
smh
I'm also learning that lack of social interaction may really affect one's mental state
ya dudde
u should really get out and do social things
join a frat so u can be forced to be social
I haven't seen direct sunlight in two days
veterans weekend closed up the lab, so I've had no reason to go outside during the day
The moment I knew that I was having a problem was when my neighbor and her friends were in the kitchen/dining room eating some desserts they made
I walked by to cook some ramen since I didn't want to go outside to the dining hall that's next to my dorm
she calls my name
I heard it, but didn't respond
like I knew I heard it, but it's not like I choose to ignore it, I just didn't even realize to respond
until she keeps calling and I happen to walk by and see
asks if I want some cupcakes
takes a while for me to realize she was talking to me
and I say no and go back to staring at the microwave
Katie walks, in tries to start a convo, I just keep going uh huh and really?
eat a bite of ramen, throw it away, go out to skate, come back and pass by Enya again, don't say anything, except for a delayed wave
what's happening to my social skills
I'm regressing
🐱
k, back to practice problems
I've also been way more into art history in my own freetime now than usual
🐱
bruh that's actually concerning
didn't Stan Lee pass away yesterday?
i think u really need to add some social commitments man
I mean, I can still function in the lab, interacting with them hasn't really taken a hit
fuk, I just thought that
lmao ye you right
time to join the asian club or something
Have you had issues in which you suddenly have moments of existential realizations/moments almost daily?
eh, as the stoics say, nvm fuck it I'm sleeping it off
g'night my man!
Shit dude sorry
Ya sleep is a good idea
Da fuk you sorry for
I was just ranting lol
And ya I also have existential realizations like every day lol
I think it's a transition college thing
Oh I did want your opinion on one thing I noticed last week in my ECE class
The ECE class is supposed to be like intro in the purest sense of the word
And the prof was talking about wages
He types in ECE wage
Google pops up with Early Childhood Education wage and it’s like 33k or something low
And everyone, even the prof starts making fun of it
And for some reason that really irked me
Like what’s wrong with you people, that’s actually someone’s passion and profession
Ya..
Idk, that just left a very bad taste in my mouth around for a while
Probs also doesn’t help motivate me to gET tO kNOw tHE otHEr unDerGrADs
I mean I guess it's very common, it's the same thing as every instance of someone feeling better about themselves due to their current socioeconomic standings
Especially since engineering takes so much work in terms of time and school, ppl r probably more inclined to talk about the fruits of the labor, namely wages
Yeah, but that’s what bothers me so much here with the undergrads in engineering I’ve been around
Every single one I’ve met and even the ppl who come in to give talks and shit are all about landing a good paying job
Where’s the pride in your artistry and work rather than your wage
It’s also interesting to see that outside of the lab/robo Institute ppl aren’t very proud of their own school/looks down on themselves
Like numerous times I’ve heard people talk about how they’re not good enough for places like StANfORd so why even try
Lmao holy fuck, how come I’ve been ranting so much lately
This is PUSSY SHIT
🐱
I mean osu is still a state school so they probably catch a lot of the ppl who didn't really have a major interest in hs and are mainly looking at careers as ways to make money
Yeah, that’s very true
I think it’s more of a problem of _me_ since I don’t want to talk about video games or sports or other happenings like that
Ye...
Time to learn football
Hmm I think u just gotta find that one other person who shares it mindset and u guys can squad up
*ur
But to do that u need to be social
Or at least step outside ur room
Or I can keep on banking on the lab for emotional support and just keep slowly breaking down every time I’m outside of it
🐱
Lol no roy
I notice I rant mainly on the weekends when I’m out of the lab for long periods of time
Ok I gtg sleep cuz it's 4:40
Fuk damn sorry sorry
Forgot about the time zone difference there for a sec
Gnight!
Tue, Nov 13th 2018, 11:28 am
npnp
i'm alive now
tell me about ur existential dread
LOL
Nah I think it was just angst
Didn’t get enough exercise and Tylenol
Why/what kinda existential dread do you go through daily?
Oh yeh do you have the time to look at one of the shittiest CV’s out there?
wait a sec, do you think timing or minute quality is more important?
Tue, Nov 13th 2018, 4:04 pm
Wdym
For a small startup looking for interns
Would it be more advantageous if the potential intern submitted their app sooner
uh probably?
what quality could u add by waiting
FUK time to submit
Idk have a pro like you read it over maybe
But idk lmao
Plus you’re busy too
i can read it over but im not a pro LOL
ya send it over i can read it rn if u want
Nah it’s alright, you were already working on psets super late last night
but in terms of actual substance is there anything u can add?
You must have more urgent work rn
nah i wanted to take a break from studying anyways
Idk, they’re an actuator company
You’re too good for me
no homo
🐱
done
Oh damn you fast
Thanks thanks
I’ll take a look once I’m out of the lab
How can I ever repay thou
its all good lol
Tue, Nov 13th 2018, 7:34 pm
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Damn, I think Rethink was a prime perfect example of a company relying too much on a specific technology, the Series Elastic Actuator, and refused to change it up
Probably due to their claim of making the robot “safe” around humans, but then the SEAs leading to inherent imprecision in a field where precision is key
And then Universal Robotics, their field rival, just went for a solid and reliable robot arm with no fancy add-ons/over advertised promises like ultra friendly/safety/eyes on the robot
And geez, trying to fix hardware with software in a business setting like that
Can’t tell if that was a sloanie or Tech statement
psh i don't see a problem with that
they just didn't do the software well enough
🐱
Tue, Nov 13th 2018, 11:51 pm
🐱
Do you think I should include my git repo if it's messy af lol
oh fuuukk
I just sent it
🐱
🐱
good luck!
thanks man
how're things over there?
I notice you haven't been rantin' lately
ya
cuz
im
dying
lol
oh shit
that sounds like a Sarah line
nah ive just been super hosed the past few days
you stressin'?
oohh
Thu, Nov 15th 2018, 2:48 pm
Hey hey, crazy idea
one always wants to integrate components together into more natural and efficient forms right
like how BD's next gen atlas has 3D printed frames that also act as the pipes for the hydraulics
well, if fiberglass springs are very efficient energy storage and release springs
and circuits can be made on fiberglass
what about fiberglass spring circuits
no more need for cable management around the robot
Hmm interesting
I feel like the material used would be very different tho for the two use cases even if they're both fiberglass
Thu, Nov 15th 2018, 8:00 pm
Yeah that’s very true
Too bad I know shit about matsci
I need to find a matsci person somewhere
The power of integrating systems seems so promising, but it seems like it’s limited by funding
Also there was a poll for roboticist on various topics and for the category of what would most benefit/advance your research:
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Lmaoo
Fri, Nov 16th 2018, 3:28 am
You ever have those moments when you just feel like you haven’t done enough in the day?
Like today I only spent close to two hours ish (if being generous) and I only finished compiling some data, brief analyzation, and doing some mundane presentations
Like I finished what I needed to do, but not what I wanted to do
ya i get that a lot too
but its good as long as it drives you to finish those things tomorrow
to make tomorrow a more productive day than today was
also i recommend notebook scheduling, or scheduling on some other medium, its been helpful for me
Damn that’s really optimistic of ya
when I just have a pile of work to do, I find I'm not that efficient going through them unless I have solid deadlines for how much time I want to spend on each thing
Lol I used to use the same style of notebook tasks from highschool, but I’ve found it takes too much time so I’ve just been spamming the shit out of my google calendar, filling up that shit
lmao nice
Yeh idk, sometimes I’m just mad at myself for still only being good enough for the work I’m currently doing and not the work I could be doing
Yeah, think I’m just gonna sleep early and clock in the lab early
Gluck with your paper!! And that was really positive advice you gave right there
I still think you’re vastly improving overall
lol thanks
ya good night!
also just remember to slow down, you're doing fine,
you can't be everything you want to be, before your time
Although its so romantic on the borderline, tonight, tonight
Fri, Nov 16th 2018, 6:58 pm
Billy Joel, Vienna huh
So slick
Btw I think I’m staying over here during the summer
Or at least that’s the goal now
Ooh nice
Any plans yet? Or just chillin
Continuing the research of Jesse after he graduates with his masters
I was talking with Dr Hurst and he was talking about how this is an opportunity for me to actually show my stuff if I go for it
Sat, Nov 17th 2018, 12:22 am
Idk if I should do that though
Sat, Nov 17th 2018, 9:17 pm
How are you doing on this fine Saturday evenin?
meh
Really??
What’s going on to elicit such a response?
meh
its complicated
dont really wanna talk about it rn
im tryna actually stop thinking about it so i can focus on some work i need to finish tonight
🐱
Ic ic
In that case
thanks for asking tho
https://youtu.be/4feUSTS21-8
I’ve unironically been listening to this amazing piece
Of course my boi
lmao wtf
Mon, Nov 19th 2018, 3:48 pm
hey man, what can I say?
It's a catchy tune
🐱
🐱
https://youtu.be/q3uy2KWod4Q
Idk if I wanna watch that lol
What’s with all the lils
its a catchy tune
🐱
Was that a jab at my impeccable music tastes
no this is actually my jam
PLEEE DON DO COCAINE *EH* COCAIN RUIN YO BRAIN *EH*
LMAO
How have ya been my dude
I’m guessing you’re also grinding through studies given what lulus been up to
Yup
Fukkk now I really wish I was coming back for Thanksgiving
yesss
roy get ur ass over here
its not too late
Tue, Nov 20th 2018, 1:44 am
Lo siento
I’m stuck here lol
It’s ok i just had Friendsgiving with the lab
Turned out Brian, one of the Masters, was a junior Olympian and toured with singers like Beyoncé and DJ Khalid, Katy Perry, etc etc as the engineer for all the stage and stage effects like flying cube screens that lady Gaga can use as a bridge
Shits crazy
Damn
Hey hey
You wanna call?
Wait, you have midterms right? Sorry sorry
I’m just in social mode rn
Lol
Ya sorry I gotta sleep
But after tomorrow I'm freeee
yeee, get that good ol' sleep
g'night man!
Nighto
Tue, Nov 20th 2018, 11:08 am
WAIT HOLY SHIT HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Tue, Nov 20th 2018, 4:28 pm
LOL
Wut?
Thanks!!!
Though I don’t think it’s my birthday
At least it doesn’t say on my calendars
We also just blew a fuse in the lab fuk
Muh data
Muh code
The sims and models
Oh god why didn’t I push sooner
Oh ripppp
WAIT when is ur bday again
Tue, Nov 20th 2018, 10:14 pm
LOL
It was Nov 15
Oh ripp sorry man
Lol no need to be sorry
I even forgot until my calendar reminded me
Thu, Nov 22nd 2018, 7:31 pm
How s thanksgiving?
Fri, Nov 23rd 2018, 6:45 pm
Lots of Chinese restaurants LOL
Sat, Nov 24th 2018, 1:44 am
LOL
Wait is campus closed?
Like our student center and most facilities are all closed
Mon, Nov 26th 2018, 1:58 pm
Yo
When dual booting have u run into the issue where the "Installation Type" window has nothing on it
Tue, Nov 27th 2018, 2:54 pm
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Also this song is stuck in my head: https://youtu.be/P1nCVWBTays
It's by the Voidz which is like Julian Casablancas side project
Kinda like Last Shadow Puppets from Alex Turner
Wed, Nov 28th 2018, 1:24 am
yeh, I had to go out at night and attempt to find an open restaurant on thanksgiving dinner night
holy shit you really are into anime memes now, a true weeb
that type missing is probs it reading the drive incorrectly?
Did you make sure your drive wasn't corrupted?
I'll have to take a look at that song
damn
and now it's in my playlist
🐱
That's right bitch
🐱
damn more agressive
*aggressive
is this your new angle as a frat boi?
Fuuukkk
I can’t believe I haven’t been online for a week
Shit
I think I see a problem now
Ya man what happened lol
What were u doing
I found some strange discoveries in my dynamics calculations and just hunkered down on it
It’s also deadweek so I’ve been rushing to finish everything so I can study more, more early
Damn
But how did u stay offline for so ling
Also I just did a factory reset on my windows side lol
I planned out each half hour of my week last Thursday and followed that
But I didn’t schedule any socialization beyond lab meetings and talking with the grad students so I simply didn’t touch social media since there was always something else to do
Oh damn, recovered your files though?
but now my art history essay has been pushed back and now all I have are simple homework assignments left so I can probs chill a bit more for tonight and just go over flash cards
Huh, now I say that schedule planning thing out loud I think I found the problem lol
Makes me sound like a psychopath loser
🐱
"Chill out a bit and go over flash cards"
Damn
Thu, Nov 29th 2018, 9:56 pm
🐱
dude I swear the cat emoji keeps changing on different platforms
but tbh I ended up getting distracted last night doing flashcards and just read IEEE automaton blog posts
how have you been doing though?
Enjoyment level positive?
Fri, Nov 30th 2018, 4:24 am
ya enjoyment level pretty good
except
i'm
writing
an
essay
at
4:30
due in a few hours :'(
meh oh well
oh also wanna hear something cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RDq5PKcN5g
its an early song by the Strokes that was eventually turned into YOLO
basically sounds like a mellow rendition of YOLO
Yo we should call sometime soon
I feel like we keep missing eachothers free times lol
We can update eachother on life
Sat, Dec 1st 2018, 1:36 pm
Holy crap I need to listen to that song
And yeh we should, that’s probably my bad
Finals are here rn and with some other work I’ve been swamped
When do you want to call?
Ooh damn
U have finals really early
Sat, Dec 1st 2018, 11:30 pm
When r u free?
Also when do your finals end
Mon, Dec 3rd 2018, 12:18 pm
Wednesday
Then on Thursday I have some lab stuff
But then I’m free lol
Sorry that I haven’t been around lately
We’re on a ten week cycle here
lol its all good
I need to read that emo piece you sent into treehouse
🐱
Lol ya
It'll make u wanna put on some black eyeshadow
And then listen to my chemical romance
btw u don't care if use our messages as data for an ML side project right
its just me fucking around so no one will see them or anything
LOL
I feel like if you make a chatbot from data here it’ll become a homophobic slightly racist radical nerd that likes pussy cats too much
Yeh sure on the condition you show me the final product since I’m curious on what the results will be like
What are you doing with it?
Aight I just came up with my interpretation and response to the article
Mon, Dec 3rd 2018, 11:09 pm
Lol ya I'm gonna make a roybot
It's not gonna be super complex so idk how good the results will be but we'll see
Tue, Dec 4th 2018, 1:58 am
I swear if it turns out to be a homophobic right-leaning racist
and it leaks
my reputation is so fuked
lmao
how is it gonna work?
I think I can kinda get how ML would work for controlling PD targets or something like that for physical systems after learning from the master students
but I don't get how it will work for full on languages
theres a lot of differnet methods
the one im playing around with is a seq2seq model. basically the nn takes in a sequence of characters and tries to predict characters that come after
wait so it doesn't exactly "understand" what it's saying but rather seeing the pattern?
so if it sees a pattern of "fuck"
ya its a completely statistical model
theres no language understanding involved
anything with actual language understanding involved is complex as fuck and something im still tryna grasp
it might follow up with "the trans"
if given enough data
lol
"the libs"
ya
I wanted to say something more radical, but now I'm afraid of roybot becoming like that nazi microsoft bot
the libs is probably a way better follow up lol
dayumnnn
look at you
making Language Programs already
Lol I'm just tryna understand
All the algorithms can be confusing as fuck sometimes
Wed, Dec 5th 2018, 12:38 pm
Btw do you know what this means?
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It means "do you like eating dick? I dont"
Lol
Wed, Dec 5th 2018, 7:31 pm
oh
welp shit
do you think it's bad that I have a feeling of not wanting to leave now?
Wdym
Not wanting to leave osu?
nah the lab
like we just had a meeting about an hour ago
and it just hit me so hard, the thought of
"If I didn't have to go back during winter break I could get so much more work done and attend so many more possible meetings and learn so much more"
and a huge sense of wanting to stay
I mean it would be pretty easy to "accidentally" miss my flight
I already mentioned to the staff that I would be occupying my room during break
but then I reactionary feel guilty since I should still see my friends
I mean and ur family right
but then the research, the many new horizons at the tips of my fingers and yet just a few mm away to properly grasp
Wait but don't the grad students also go back for break
some of them are staying
partly cuz money's hard and they have nowhere to go
man I wish I had that excuse
jk jk
So how many new horizons can u really grasp over winter break
I hope they get more funding
If half the lab is gone
Hurst is probably gone too
that's true ppl still celebrate Christmas
next next week though I think there's a meeting
that I unfortunately will miss
there's so much that can get done in a month at a lab though
a whole new direction or discovery for research can be grasped within a month
I think I may be getting obsessed
I've started to sleep on research papers so when I get up in the morning they'll be the first thing I read
which is also a result of sleeping while trying to read some
maybe a break is a good idea
yeah a break off ankle feet leg dynamics
sometimes it's hard to sleep since there's so many things that could be done
aw fuck I have a math final in ~2 hours
better get back to studying
Bruh lol
I don't think you'll be able to get that much done in one month with most ppl gone from the lab
And ya I think it's best if you take a break
It's never good to be only doing one thing for so long, sometimes u gotta step back
welp shit that might mess up the data for roybot
I wonder how cat emojis show up on the data
I can see how hermits can arise from academia now
lmao
actually good question
they might completely fuck over my data actually
im still waiting for fb to prepare the download file :'(
Thu, Dec 6th 2018, 12:49 am
lol yeh, this chat must be HUGE
especially with all the shared pictures and videos too
finally done with finals
just realized how angsty my last rant wast lol
I think it's due to my realization of how short 4 years actually is
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my latest creation
I call it
lonely meals
tallest stack yet
15
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Damn nice selfir
Yeh
You can tell by the long hair
Punk rock emo
Just wanted to be one of the strokes
Oh ye
I can call
Any time now
ooh
wait gimme like 5 min
Aight
Thu, Dec 6th 2018, 4:03 am
The video chat ended.
Aha! I think I’ve found it
The fundamental question of which I cannot currently answer and thus inflicts upon me insecurities of social life
What am I, if not my work
Thu, Dec 6th 2018, 11:57 am
hmm
well you could be anything else besides you're work if you wanted to define yourself that way
what about a human being who develops relationships, ages and dies like every human being in existence. anyone can be that, you don't have to be defined by you're work unless you want to
also ADT: https://mit.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=939&p=1
Thu, Dec 6th 2018, 5:20 pm
Yeah I think I put too much emphasis on what people create
Lulu says any day might be good
But Kathryn and friends might go on a specific day
ya its up to you
I think Sarah is going on Thurday
Oh shit
10 bucks
That’s more funding than I have rn
🐱
Also I feel like The Strokes have such an interesting sound
Especially newer tracks like OBLIVIOUS
oh i haven't listend to their new stuff
but ya
i feel like its meh or bad at first listen but once you start listening to them more it suddenly gets realy good
Like alcohol?
also that's why covers on strokes songs sound pretty meh bc the melodies themselves aren't necessarily that good
but its just the sound of the song itself
lol like alcohol
🐱
🐱
dude i've been listening to Humbug more recently
its the really edgy Arctic Monkeys album
Is it just me or has the music you’ve been listening to in general become more edgy in the last couple of years
oh well def in the last few years
basically once i got to arctic monkeys
Fri, Dec 7th 2018, 12:39 am
You’re the most reasonable person I know
Needed advice to a situation:
Let’s say someone proposed to make a project
One that you’re actually interested in too
But you wanna start earlier
Would it be alright to just dive in ahead of time
But of course still share the results
wait
wdym
context?
Lorenzo, masters student SUPER cool dude
I was already compiling papers and research on the SALTO robot from Berkeley and wanted to try to recreate some of their results in my free time
Turned out Lorenzo and Johnny, also a masters student, but in a different lab also wanted to create a monopod
I bring up SALTO to them
Lorenzo asks if I wanna join in and this endeavor
And I say sure
But I wanted to immediately try to draw up plans etc.
But for example, Lorenzo mentioned that he’s gonna take measurements and then send them to Johnny to CAD up
But it might take a while since they’re busy
But in my mind, before talking with Lorenzo, I wanted to try to finish the linkage system by winter break
I guess the TL:DR would be that friends wanna make a project, but I’m being more gunho about it, but don’t wanna express it in fear of seeming overbearing
But would it be bad to show up and be like here’s the progress I’ve made
oh
it would be so much better to express that you want to be gunho rather than show up with new progress
bc even if you come off overbearing which you probably won't, thats much better than them feeling like they were out of the loop on their own project
ppl (pretty much) would always prefer knowing what's going on over not knowing
Yeh that’s true
That’s the slightly awkward part too
I wanted to recreate it for testing some ground reaction forces stuff
But Lorenzo wanted to do some controls
I’m sure this just stems from me being anxious and overthinking it
Man how did you become so stable
It’s amazing
lol
did you just call me stable dude
i also am anxious and overthinkg every little social interaction lol
Comparatively to the rest of us and especially what you were like before I left you seemed a lot more stable
Esp at our last call
oh well that's cuz i was just chillin and hanging up lights
but ya i think as long as you caommunicate well you can't realy go well
*wrong
can't go wrng lol
Like your social interactions of breaking it to Christina that your standards are too high 💪💪💪💪
Hitler was a pretty good communicator
And there goes another bad data point for roybot
Shit
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Yeh true, what am I so worried about anyway
Lorenzo is chill af
And he also likes Gundam
Ew
Fucking weebs
Coming from the dude who sent the most recent weeb memes in this chat
Ok well
They weren't weeb memes
They were multicultural quips
That’s what a weeb would say
No
Fuck you
Weeb
I'm not a weeb your a weeb
Your idea of a perfect moment would be watching sentimental ghibli films with a girl
OK BUT ISN'T THE IDEA OF THAT SO WARM AND FUZZY
All the anime movies I’ve seen were by myself and 70% chance on the toilet
I also don’t want anyone seeing me cry at the end of Your Name
Wait shit have you even seen Your Name?
Oh dude I just learned another interpretation of ABG from sam
Asian Bible Girls
No I haven't seen it
But heard it's so good
Lol fuckinf Catholics
Fuck yeah it’s good
Possibly the best couple movie to watch
But I watched it
Alone in mah bed
Well
U know what they say
Your soul mate was within you all along :')
Yeh fuk dat noise
Holy shit these stickers are amazing
Lol wtf
Right?? They’re so bizarre
Aren’t they so fucking good
Rotoscoped motions with a pasted eerie bear face
Sat, Dec 8th 2018, 10:12 pm
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Mon, Dec 10th 2018, 9:41 am
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It’s been so long
And was my first longboard really that small?
Fuk my back aches from that flight
Mon, Dec 10th 2018, 12:05 pm
Welcome back!
Mon, Dec 10th 2018, 10:27 pm
Thanks my man
Woke up not too long ago
how do I buy tickets lol
oh shit are all of them actually sold out
lmao
ya
Thursday at 6 is not sold out
Tue, Dec 11th 2018, 9:48 am
Lmaoo
Do ya know where I can buy tickets in person?
Ya they sell them on campus
Aight
I’ll be there in uh
15-20 min I suppose
Oh lmao
Wait I could buy one for you
If u just pay me back
Aw shit wait do you know if Kathryn is around
No idea I don't talk to her
Shizzz
Cuz I just remembered she’s keeping an eye out for tickets too
Oh
It’s aight though I can take a look around
Wdym by keeping an eye out
I’m here tonight for Kiera
Wait that came out wrong
For Kiera’s recital
LOL
Wait
Who's kathryn
Lulus friend
Who's kiera
Short, asian, from NY
Kiera is also lulus friend
Oh lol
Ok I mixed them up
But she’s also the girl who’s dorm I visited for a snack
Ye
Fuk that also came out wrong
But it turns out she WAS THE SNACC
I should just stop talking today
LOL
are you also going to the recital?
What recital
Music chamber thingy
Nope
Fuk dude I woke up thinking I was still on the west coast today
Ate flaming hot Cheetos
And almost barfed
Feels good to be back
Lol wut
Damn
It felt
“Unhealthy”
What have I become
Oh wut
R u telling me u don't eat absolute trash on the west coast
At least not the Pacific Northwest
I haven’t ate junk food until I got back
damn
Aight time to start hunting on campus
lol
they're selling tickets in the student center
i'm also currently at the student center
Do you think they have change for 100?
lol bruh
i think they mainly take venmo
Bruh fuk
I ain’t got that shit
Do you think you got change for a hundo from authors daddy
lol i dont
Jk jk I can ask around the shops I suppose
you might be able to find it in a store
ye
Gonna be balling
Aw shiz mbta is stopping more than I expected
don't u miss the red line
Nah it ain’t
I’m on the river rn
tho i feel like piublic transport in the west coast is def worse
Man outside looks great
yeee
Yeh my goddamn it’s so bad or just inexistent
the view on the Harvard bridge just gets me every time
the boston skyline is so nice and serene
You should watch it with a girl
As you two chill to ghibli films on a laptop
With warm drinks and blankets
i stop and just stare for a while everytime i cross the bridge to get absolutely fucked up at my frat
LMAO
An even better image
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“What a beautiful evening, welp time to get wasted”
"What a nice view to share with a girl"
"welp time to get wasted"
“With my frat of all dudes”
:')
Fuk I’m lost already
did u arrive in Kendall?
Yeh
I’m at the Stanford red sculpture
wait a second
why would u cross the river
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oh did you come in from North station
Yeh
ok
well if you want to come to the student center
you have to walk
FUk I should’ve brought my board
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that way
LOL
LMAO
Bruh
you're fucking welcome
Hardcore meme right there
just search up stratton student center on maps
tho my arrow is in the right direction if you face the way the picture is facing
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If I see Sang bae Kim imma tackle him
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Jk the dudes tall
Lmao thanks dude
I would be totally lost without your arrow
just flash your Cassie
Stick up my middle fingers
“Bipeds are better”
*gangsifn
lol
A lot less ABGs here
Thata cuz no ones selling boba in campus rn
Lmao
Now if I was a lonely boy in the student center where would I be
are u here?
Yeh
Second floor above the computers and printers on the first
ew why u on the second floor
There’s an art gallery on the second floor?!?
Tue, Dec 11th 2018, 3:05 pm
Damn I just found a banana
Thats just straight up black
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How are you still alive
I didn't k banana do dis
It looks kinda cool actually
I might keep it
You’re gonna die from fungi LOL
Done with pistol I’m guessing?
Yee
Lulu just left with for yoga
Now I’m with her buddies in this really nice lounge
Oh nice
Goddamn it’s so nice
At next?
Nah
It’s in the dome
Idk where it is in relation
Oh is it on the 5th floor
Nah we went down some floors
Honestly kinda lost
Oh wut
Wait is it under the big dome or little dome
There’s a little dome?
Lol
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Damn
It ain’t loading
Where you at rn?
I swear if that loads and it’s just a crudely drawn hemisphere
At BC
Ahhh
You wanna come over or ya chilling?
I gotta finish up some work
Cuz I got two adt rehearsals tonight
Ahhh
Oh geezus two??
Ya man
Back to back lol
I see where your gains come from
Oh wait does that mean lulu is also going to be practicing?
Yup